# Amputations at VPI
> OSHA SIR `2015107502` · 10/8/2015 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** VPI
- **Location:** 3123 S. 9th Street, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 3261
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a knife gate. The equipment was turned off. While using an airline and nozzle to blow out material the airline hit the on/off switch and the gate was activated. The employee's thumb was crushed under the gate and amputated by the machine.

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