# Amputations at Berry Global, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109565` · 10/5/2017 · SOLVAY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Global, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Milton Avenue, SOLVAY, NEW YORK, 13209
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of performing a plate change on a printing press when a locking strut failed, causing a color head to drop. The color head struck the employee's right-hand third digit, causing a distal phalanx fracture and fingertip amputation.

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