# Amputations at WestRock, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064930` · 6/4/2016 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock, Inc.
- **Location:** 9469 East Port Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32218
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the slitter blade position of a paper machine when his right thumb was caught between the blade and the slitter band resulting in the amputation of the tip of the right thumb without bone loss.

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