# Amputations at LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019011025` · 1/29/2019 · LAWRENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LAWRENCE PAPER COMPANY
- **Location:** 2801 LAKEVIEW RD., LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 66049
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to free a piece of trim that was stuck in the rollers of the roller machine when his left hand was pulled into the machine and crushed. Four fingers on the left hand were amputated. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

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