# Amputations at Metal Container Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076245` · 7/7/2017 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Container Corporation
- **Location:** 3713 HAMMON AVE., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73179
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an end mill when his glove came in contact with the bit, pulling his left thumb into the end mill and amputating the tip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*