# Amputations at Indian River Beverage Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018010739` · 1/23/2018 · CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Indian River Beverage Corporation
- **Location:** 200 Imperial Blvd., CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
- **NAICS:** 541870
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a filling machine when he observed defective caps locked in the supply channels to the capper. He put the capper in manual mode and manually moved the joint with his left hand as he tried to remove the crowns with his right hand. During this operation, one of his fingers entered the moving machine, severing his fingertip.

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