# Amputations at Valmet Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017021686` · 2/21/2017 · BIDDEFORD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmet Inc
- **Location:** 516 ALFRED STREET, BIDDEFORD, MAINE, 04005
- **NAICS:** 333291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out the tensioner wheel on a roll grinding machine when the pneumatic positioner activated. His left thumb and index finger then became wedged between the positioner guide and the sanding belt housing. His index finger was partially amputated.

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