# Amputations at SCA Tissue North America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015020046` · 2/10/2015 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SCA Tissue North America, LLC
- **Location:** 1834 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee suffered amputation of the left index finger while operating a core machine.

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