# Amputations at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2022032012` · 3/4/2022 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 1111 AT&T Center Parkway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a gluer machine to make boxes. As the employee tried to clear away scrap material that might prevent its door from closing, the machine lacerated and crushed the employee's right hand. The employee underwent a medical amputation that removed the fingernail and ground the bone down.

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