# Amputations at International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill)
> OSHA SIR `2022119993` · 11/14/2022 · PINE HILL, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill)
- **Location:** 7600 Highway 10 West, PINE HILL, ALABAMA, 36769
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on one end of a paper machine. As the employee walked away from that part of the machine, a nip point on another part of the machine caught the employee's right-hand fingers and crushed them. The employee's middle and ring fingers were medically amputated.

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