# Amputations at GVS North America
> OSHA SIR `20191111982` · 11/18/2019 · SANFORD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** GVS North America
- **Location:** 63 Community Drive, SANFORD, MAINE, 04073
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were putting two pieces of tooling together. As the two pieces were hammered together, an employee's left index finger was caught between the two pieces. The fingertip was amputated.

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