# Amputations at Sonoco Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2023021072` · 2/2/2023 · HARTSELLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sonoco Products Company
- **Location:** 1901 John D Long Drive Southeast, HARTSELLE, ALABAMA, 35640
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a belt when her glove was caught between the belt and the pulley. Her left hand was pulled in, resulting in a broken index finger and an amputation to the thumb.

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