# Amputations at Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co
> OSHA SIR `2021054396` · 5/30/2021 · MEHOOPANY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co
- **Location:** Route 87, MEHOOPANY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18629
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a gearbox on a palletizer when the tip of his right ring finger was caught in the chain/sprocket assembly causing a partial amputation.

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