# Amputations at RR Donnelley & Sons Company
> OSHA SIR `2015041915` · 4/11/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** RR Donnelley & Sons Company
- **Location:** 1645 West Sam Houston Pkwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a paper jam on a press machine when a coworker depressed the controls for the press rollers to go into reverse. As the rollers reversed, the employee's right thumb was pulled into the rollers, causing an amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

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