# Amputations at Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181213130` · 12/22/2018 · CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC
- **Location:** 12551 HWY 273 West, CEDAR SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 39832
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding paper from a roll into a paper machine. A piece of paper was caught in the machine; the employee was removing it when his left middle finger was caught between a pulley and the paper roll. The fingertip (including tissue and bone) was amputated.

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