# Amputations at Veka Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021219` · 2/9/2022 · FOMBELL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Veka Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Veka Drive, FOMBELL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16123
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been operating a sandblaster. The employee was tapping a sifting screen to unclog the blast hose when the blade struck their left middle finger resulting in amputation.

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