# Amputations at Georgia Pacific LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021674` · 2/23/2016 · GURDON, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific LLC
- **Location:** 1 GP Lane, GURDON, ARKANSAS, 71743
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for a 2x4 board while working with the planer in-feed table. The employee's right thumb went through a 1.5-inch gap in the guarding and was caught between the tipple chain and sprocket, amputating the first digit of the right thumb.

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