# Amputations at VT Hackney, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088298` · 8/29/2017 · INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** VT Hackney, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Hackney Ave, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, 67301
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating an electric air compressor. He removed the housing for the fan and put his hand by the fan to feel for air flow. The compressor was running at the time and the employee's hand was hit by the fan blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger.

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