International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill)

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — PINE HILL, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill) in PINE HILL, ALABAMA
Employer International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill) Report ID 2022119993
Address 7600 Highway 10 West City, State ZIP PINE HILL, ALABAMA 36769
Event Date November 14, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Paper production machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection # 1634620
GPS Coordinates 31.99000, -87.56000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On November 14, 2022, a worker at International Paper Company (Pine Hill Mill) in PINE HILL, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with paper production machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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