# Amputations at Georgia-Pacific, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076212` · 7/27/2021 · GURDON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific, LLC
- **Location:** #1 GP Lane, GURDON, ARKANSAS, 71743
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 5:30 a.m. on July 27, 2021, an employee was changing knives on a piece of equipment. The equipment rotated onto his left hand, and the blades amputated his middle and ring fingers between the first knuckle and the fingernail.

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