# Amputations at Swedish Match North America LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065216` · 6/8/2017 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Swedish Match North America LLC
- **Location:** 700 Columbia Hwy, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36301
- **NAICS:** 312229
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a cigar making machine when his left hand entered the in-going nip point of the conveyor, amputating his left index fingertip from the nail to the first digit.

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