# Amputations at WestRock Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2020109525` · 10/6/2020 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Recycling
- **Location:** 3434 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operations manager was helping another worker unjam a dock plate when his middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the dock plate and a trailer.

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