# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211211` · 12/4/2024 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC
- **Location:** 1834 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a baler and clearing paper that was covering the photo eye. The employee's right index finger was caught in the photo-eye hole as the ram activated, resulting in the amputation of the fingertip.

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