# Amputations at WestRock CP, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211103` · 12/5/2023 · STEVENSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock CP, LLC
- **Location:** 1611 County Highway 85, STEVENSON, ALABAMA, 35772
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was quality checking a cutting device on a paper machine. As he went to manually rotate the flat outer surface of the band motor, his right index finger contacted the cutting side of one of the blades, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine blades were guarded at the time.

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