# Amputations at Vac-Con, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119602` · 11/2/2022 · GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vac-Con, Inc.
- **Location:** 969 Hall Park Dr., GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32043
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 2, 2022, an employee was securing a return recycler pump to a pallet for shipping. As she was lining up a bracket with the dunnage bolt hole of the manufacturer's packaging, the pump shifted and caught her left little finger against the dunnage. The fingertip was amputated.

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