# Amputations involving bone loss at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2025010694` · 1/22/2025 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Augers  except conveyor
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 601 County Road 78, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36703
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 22, 2024, an employee was working at an inspection door on a feed screw auger. He was pushing debris into the auger when his left foot was caught in the auger, resulting in a fracture and the amputation of two toes.

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