# Amputations at Pratt Paper, LA LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212193` · 12/24/2017 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Pratt Paper, LA LLC
- **Location:** 10429 Richard Pratt Drive, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71115
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching two ropes when the sheer force of the yanking of the two ropes amputated his right hand.

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