# Amputations at WestRock, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210857` · 12/14/2022 · HODGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Mill St., HODGE, LOUISIANA, 71247
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A paper mill employee was attempting to clear paper from a tail cutting system when the blades made contact with employee's left middle and ring fingers. They sustained partial amputations below the fingernail.

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