# Amputations at Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111310` · 11/2/2018 · WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- **Location:** 1070 JONESBORO ROAD, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, 71294
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a loaded pallet to the end of a conveyor at a press. The employee noticed a plastic pad lying in front of the pallet and was removing it when the pallet, still rolling, pinched the employee's right ring finger against the metal conveyor end stop amputating it.

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