# Amputations at Opelika-Auburn News
> OSHA SIR `2019066483` · 6/27/2019 · OPELIKA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Opelika-Auburn News
- **Location:** 2901 Society Hill Rd, OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36804
- **NAICS:** 322122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a paper jam (newspapers) from a stacker when his left hand was caught in the belt and pinched in the pulley wheel, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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