# Amputations at VVF Kansas Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020010993` · 1/30/2020 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** VVF Kansas Services LLC
- **Location:** 1705 Kansas Ave., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66105
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the flights of the rotary valve. He manually moved one flight to reach another flight to clean it.  His hand slipped and slid past a sharp edge that cut through his cut-resistant glove and amputated his right index fingertip.

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