# Amputations at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `20181111959` · 11/20/2018 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 100 E. Oakton St., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on a belt and pulley system on a scrap conveyor. He was tracking the belt. He had loosened the head pulley and was retightening it when his hand slipped into the running belt and pulley system. His right index finger was amputated up to the first joint. The system was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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