# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Smurfit WestRock
> OSHA SIR `2024087481` · 8/14/2024 · DEER PARK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smurfit WestRock
- **Location:** 140 West Industry Court, DEER PARK, NEW YORK, 11729
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a jam in the counter ejector of a machine that prints, folds and glues corrugated box blanks to customer specifications. The counter ejector is the point where boxes are transferred from the machine onto an outtake conveyor. The employee's right little finger was caught while he attempted to reposition the counter ejector rails and the fingertip was amputated.

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