# Amputations at VIEGA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032874` · 3/19/2019 · MCPHERSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VIEGA LLC
- **Location:** 2211 Viega Avenue, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67640
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the chain on a machine. The sprocket chain and gear caught the employee's right middle finger, amputating the tip.

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