# Amputations at VA Medical Center Wilmington
> OSHA SIR `2021075723` · 7/13/2021 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VA Medical Center Wilmington
- **Location:** 1601 Kirkwood Highway, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19805
- **NAICS:** 621491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on a rotary microtome when the tip of their right little finger contacted the microtome blade, resulting in an amputation.

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