# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2025054860` · 5/22/2025 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## 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:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 601 County Road 78, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36703
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a plug on a starch silo chute. The employee was caught by the internals of the rotary valve resulting in amputations to the tips of their right first and second digits.

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