# Amputations at VT Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054322` · 5/3/2018 · UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS
## 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:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VT Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1732 Universal City Blvd, UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS, 78148
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a jointer to shape some wood when his left hand slipped and contacted the tooling/blade. He suffered a partial amputation of his left middle finger and a possible ring fingertip amputation.

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