# Amputations at VAL-CO Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032650` · 3/13/2019 · NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VAL-CO Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 2710 Division Highway, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed the wire mesh into the wire trim machine. His left middle and ring fingers were amputated when the machine was activated.

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