# Amputations at Vimco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087259` · 8/1/2020 · KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vimco, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Hansen Access Rd., KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19406
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spooling new wire into a road mesh machine when his hand got caught in part of the machine and the reverse button on the machine was pressed. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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