# Amputations at Veyance Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074357` · 7/6/2015 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Veyance Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 4021 N 56th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68504
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a full "super sack" from beneath the dust collector. A red light indicated a blockage or full sack. The employee attempted to clear the blockage. She reached up into the rotary valve, which still had power. A paddle in the valve caught her right thumb.

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