# Amputations at Westrock, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099576` · 9/16/2018 · RAVENNA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Westrock, Inc.
- **Location:** 16645 N. Freedom Road, RAVENNA, OHIO, 44266
- **NAICS:** 322213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to place a paper roll on a machine when the cable for the pulley came loose. While he was helping get the cable in the right place, the machine started up and pinned his left middle fingertip between the pulley and cable, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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