# Amputations at Flambeau River Papers, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015118200` · 11/1/2015 · PARK FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Flambeau River Papers, LLC.
- **Location:** 200 1st Ave N, PARK FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54552
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

1. On 11/1/15, an employee was changing the reel of paper and caught the left middle finger in a nip point. The finger was amputated to the first knuckle.


2. On 11/11/15, an employee received chemical and thermal burns to the right hand and knee from caustic hydrogen peroxide due to an unclosed valve on the pulp mill equipment. 

Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer.  These events are captured as one report.

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