# Amputations at Velux America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077332` · 7/18/2019 · WELLS, MAINE
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Velux America, LLC
- **Location:** 85 Spencer Drive, WELLS, MAINE, 04090
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning material from behind a press. The press cycled and crushed fingers on his left hand. The index and middle fingers were surgically amputated.

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