# Amputations at WestRock
> OSHA SIR `2019010661` · 1/19/2019 · NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock
- **Location:** 51 Robinson ST, NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14120
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying out glue pans and machine side frames with a water hose. As the employee used a brush on the glue roll as it was turning, his glove and the tip of his right ring finger were caught and pulled between the glue roll and the anti-wrap bar. He suffered a fingertip amputation.

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