# Amputations at Valk Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054051` · 5/18/2021 · NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Valk Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 66 East Main Street, NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17072
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the hydraulic shear and amputated a fingertip.

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