# Amputations at Georgia-Pacific
> OSHA SIR `2020088093` · 8/26/2020 · PENNINGTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific
- **Location:** 7530 Hwy 114, PENNINGTON, ALABAMA, 36916
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A coater operator was working at a board machine, adjusting the coater wipe at the coater rolls. The rolls caught the employee's right forearm, crushing it. He was hospitalized and his right hand was surgically amputated.

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