# Amputations at Mead Westvaco Cottonton Mill
> OSHA SIR `2015010713` · 1/22/2015 · COTTONTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Mead Westvaco Cottonton Mill
- **Location:** 145 Hwy 165 South, COTTONTON, ALABAMA, 36851
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead hoist and got his finger caught in the hook. The tip of his finger was amputated.

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