# Amputations at Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110561` · 11/9/2016 · TAYLORSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC
- **Location:** 105 E. SCR 25, Hwy. 28, TAYLORSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39168
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to reinstall a chain on a drive sprocket when his right thumb was pinched as the chain rolled the chain sprocket, amputating his thumb below the knuckle.

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