# Amputations at Westrock CP, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010309` · 1/11/2017 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Westrock CP, LLC
- **Location:** W180 N11900 River Lane, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 322212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the waste chopper. The auger of the waste chopper is driven by two belts that are on a single wheel/sprocket; the belts and the motor that drives them are locked in a cabinet. As the employee was accessing the cabinet to retrieve a tool, his right thumb was caught in a pinch point between the belt and pulley, resulting in amputation. The machine was running at the time.

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