# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Sylvamo Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024043266` · 4/15/2024 · TICONDEROGA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sylvamo Corporation
- **Location:** 568 Shore-Airport Road, TICONDEROGA, NEW YORK, 12883
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 9:15 a.m. on April 15, 2024, an employee was helping troubleshoot limit switches in the ream stacker part of a carton-packing machine. The machine actuated, and an upward-moving plate elevator struck the employee's right thumb. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.

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