# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at International Paper - Mansfield Mill
> OSHA SIR `2024021490` · 2/16/2024 · MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Wrenches, ratchets
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper - Mansfield Mill
- **Location:** 1202 Hwy 509, MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA, 71052
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was attempting to open a valve with a valve wrench. The wrench slipped and started to spin in the direction opposite of what the employee intended. The employee attempted to retrieve the wrench when the tip of his left middle finger was crushed between the valve and the wrench and was amputated.

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