# Amputations at WestRock Company
> OSHA SIR `2016098971` · 9/22/2016 · LIBERTY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Company
- **Location:** 933 Kent Street, LIBERTY, MISSOURI, 64068
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about September 22, 2016, an employee was performing maintenance on a converting machine that makes corrugated boxes when the hinged door swung shut, partially amputating his right ring finger to the distal knuckle.

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