# Amputations at WestRock Company
> OSHA SIR `2021119905` · 11/15/2021 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Company
- **Location:** 5560 Gwaltney Drive, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading material into a die cutter when her finger was caught in the gripper at a nip point, resulting in an amputated left ring fingertip.

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