# Amputations at Westrock (Cottonton, AL)
> OSHA SIR `2019065816` · 6/9/2019 · COTTONTON, ALABAMA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Westrock (Cottonton, AL)
- **Location:** 145 Highway 165 South, COTTONTON, ALABAMA, 36851
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove paper at the infeed side of a paper machine's pull stack. The employee's fingers were caught in the paper rollers, causing amputations to the three middle fingers of the employee's left hand (at the first joint) and the right index finger.

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