# Amputations at US Greenfiber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032612` · 3/21/2017 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Greenfiber, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Passon Drive, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 21, 2017, an employee was checking an empty chemical hopper and amputated two fingers on the right hand when the slide gate struck the employee's right hand.

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