# Amputations at Domtar Paper Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109910` · 10/26/2023 · DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Domtar Paper Co., LLC
- **Location:** 377 Satterlee Road, DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15801
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using sandpaper to sand down a shaft on a magnetic drill press when their gloves got caught on the rotating bit. The employee sustained an amputation to their right index fingertip above the first knuckle.

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