# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2025010269` · 1/8/2025 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Paper production machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
- **Location:** 4500 Newlon Rd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a roll core from a chuck. The machine activated while the employee's right thumb was between the chuck and the roll core. The employee sustained an amputation to the right thumb tip.

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