# Amputations at American Eagle Paper Mills
> OSHA SIR `20191111979` · 11/18/2019 · TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** American Eagle Paper Mills
- **Location:** 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16686
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading the core on a paper winder. A nip point in the winder pinched the tip of his left middle finger, removing the skin at the tip. The bone tip was medically amputated.

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