# Amputations at South Coast Paper North East
> OSHA SIR `2021119679` · 11/9/2021 · BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** South Coast Paper North East
- **Location:** 1500 John Galt Way, BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 08016
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing paper from underneath a sheeting machine when their hand was caught by the machine's belt and pulled into the machine, resulting in  amputation of the ring finger and a partial amputation of the middle finger.

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