# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010145` · 1/7/2024 · SPRING GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Cutters, slitters, winders paper production
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 228 South Main Street, SPRING GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17362
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting the tension on the top and bottom slitters of a machine. As he was manually spinning the bottom slitter, the blade contacted his right ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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