# Amputations at Verso Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017077111` · 7/29/2017 · JAY, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Verso Corporation
- **Location:** 300 Riley Road, JAY, MAINE, 04239
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While clearing a piece of stuck paper, an employee sustained finger lacerations and amputation of the left middle and ring fingertips after their hand was pulled into the rope/sheave nips in the after-dryer section of the paper machine.

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