# Amputations at Westrock
> OSHA SIR `20201212090` · 12/30/2020 · MESQUITE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(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
- **Location:** 700 N. Sam Houston Road, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75149
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a gluer machine. The employee's left hand was caught in the feed section of the machine, resulting in the amputation of the hand.

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