# Amputations at International Paper Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019021939` · 2/21/2019 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Co.
- **Location:** 7517 F STREET, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a blockage of the top photo eye of a baler. A shear inside the hopper caused the amputation of the employee's right index fingertip.

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