# Amputations at Kimberly Clark
> OSHA SIR `2018021820` · 2/22/2018 · LAGRANGE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimberly Clark
- **Location:** 1300 Orchard Hill Rd, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, 30240
- **NAICS:** 314129
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While prepping the winder on the SMS 2 machine, an employee's finger was caught between a non-powered tool and the machine's guard. The tip of the left pinkie finger was amputated.

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