# Amputations at Georgia Pacific, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088942` · 8/29/2018 · GURDON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific, LLC
- **Location:** 1 GP Lane, GURDON, ARKANSAS, 71743
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unhitching a welding trailer from a buggy. As the trailer hitch released, his left thumb was crushed between the hitch and the buggy bumper. The thumb was amputated.

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