# Amputations at VRM West
> OSHA SIR `2022097974` · 9/8/2022 · BAILEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** VRM West
- **Location:** Unknown - to be provided later, BAILEY, COLORADO, 80421
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was processing firewood using a hydraulic press. While clearing a jam in the press, the machine cycled and crushed his right hand, resulting in an amputation to the right index finger.

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