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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022119993 · 11/14/2022 · International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill)

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill)
Location
7600 Highway 10 West, PINE HILL, ALABAMA, 36769
NAICS
322121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on one end of a paper machine. As the employee walked away from that part of the machine, a nip point on another part of the machine caught the employee's right-hand fingers and crushed them. The employee's middle and ring fingers were medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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