# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098845` · 9/23/2024 · SPRING GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 228 South Main Street, SPRING GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17362
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to guide the chuck of the core onto the paper reel when their left thumb became caught between the re-reeler and the paper core, resulting in a partial amputation.

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