# Amputations at VRC Engineered Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022097946` · 9/7/2022 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VRC Engineered Solutions
- **Location:** 7201 W Bradley Rd., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put a rubber mold into a demolding machine. While operating the machine, the employee's right thumb was caught between two metal parts and was partially amputated.

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