# Amputations at Can Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `20201110380` · 11/2/2020 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Can Corporation of America
- **Location:** 3721 Pottsville Pike, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a can line when a jam occurred on the auto-feeder. While clearing the jam, the employee's glove was pinched by the running conveyor and the employee's right ring and pinky fingers were pulled into the machine, causing a partial amputation to both fingertips.

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