# Amputations at Vertrauen Chemie Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098651` · 9/13/2016 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertrauen Chemie Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 3309 W. Kingsley Rd., GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
- **NAICS:** 32599
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the filling machine and emptying it of liquid. She then attempted to see if there was any remaining liquid. Her left index finger was inside a quarter-sized hole where a piston was when the machine activated, causing the piston to move and amputate approximately 1/8" of her left index fingertip. The machine's air source was connected at the time of the incident.

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