# Amputations at VEHTEK SYSTEMS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016020961` · 2/1/2016 · BOWLING GREEN, OHIO
## 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:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VEHTEK SYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** 2125 Wood Bridge Blvd., BOWLING GREEN, OHIO, 43402
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 1, 2016, an employee was unloading parts from a conveyor when the conveyor stopped because a part was stuck upstream. The employee attempted to retrieve the part when a piece of steel began to index, got caught, and pinched her finger. Her right thumb was amputated.

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