# Amputations at WestRock Hodge Mill
> OSHA SIR `2018076730` · 7/5/2018 · HODGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Hodge Mill
- **Location:** 100 Mill Street, HODGE, LOUISIANA, 71247
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a rapper on a recovery boiler precipitator when the rapper rod (weighing approximately 10-15 lbs.) fell from inside the rapper coil assembly and struck the employee on the left middle finger. The employee received a cut/laceration, resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip with no bone loss.

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