# Amputations at International Paper
> OSHA SIR `2022098582` · 9/28/2022 · BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper
- **Location:** 401 AVENUE U, BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA, 70427
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a jammed bander. The employee's left index finger was pinched in the bander's jaws, which amputated the fingertip.

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