# Amputations at PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS
> OSHA SIR `2023043233` · 4/12/2023 · JACKSON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS
- **Location:** 14484 STATE HIGHWAY 177, JACKSON, MISSOURI, 63755
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with an actuator in a valve for a glue system. The pneumatic three-way valve activated while the employee was checking the orientation of the ball valve. The employee's left index finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

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