# Amputations at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2018076883` · 7/10/2018 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 1750 Inland Road, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77632
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving rolls of paper back onto a conveyor (roll may weigh up to 9,000 pounds) when his right little finger was caught between two rolls, resulting in an amputation of the first two sections.

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