# Amputations at CUP PAC PACKAGING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191010459` · 10/7/2019 · SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CUP PAC PACKAGING, INC.
- **Location:** 638 Progressive Lane, SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 2:30 p.m. on October 7, 2019, an employee was trying to retrieve a crushed cup from a rotary filler. The machine automatically cycled, and the employee's right middle finger was caught in the head heater area, causing an amputation between the first and second joints. The heater head was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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