# Amputations at Western Container Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076541` · 7/14/2017 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Container Corporation
- **Location:** 1100 Inman Pkwy, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments on a V pusher when the machine s V flap came up and caught the employee s left ring fingertip, amputating the finger pad.

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