# Amputations at Royal Vendors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015108182` · 10/30/2015 · KEARNEYSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Royal Vendors, Inc.
- **Location:** 426 Industrial Boulevard, KEARNEYSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25430
- **NAICS:** 333311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 29, 2015, at approximately 4:00pm, a maintenance technician suffered an amputation while troubleshooting an air cylinder on an evaporator foam fixture in the Tooling Department.  The maintenance tech placed his left hand on top of the cylinder hole while looking at the right side of the cylinder.  His arm inadvertently activated the lever in the down position and the tip of his left ring finger was pinched between the cylinder and the hole resulting in amputation.

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