# Amputations at P.H. Glatfelter Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043789` · 4/28/2017 · CHILLICOTHE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** P.H. Glatfelter Company
- **Location:** 232 E. 8th Street, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2017, an employee was using a rope to change the felt on a paper machine when his hand was caught in the nip point created by the rope and the shaft. He sustained amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips.

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