# Amputations at PROCTOR & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2016054013` · 5/10/2016 · CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PROCTOR & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 14484 STATE HIGHWAY 177, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, 63702
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to replace a gear box while his fingers were wrapped with a paper towel. A chain near the gear box caught the paper towel and pulled his fingers into an in-running nip point, amputating his right index and middle fingertips.

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