# Amputations at VPP Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211790` · 12/12/2017 · NORWALK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** VPP Group, LLC
- **Location:** 19081 Highway 71 East, NORWALK, WISCONSIN, 54648
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing an overhead conveyor chain when the employee's left index fingertip was caught and amputated between the chain and sprocket.

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