# Amputations at Department of Veterans Administration Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2015063609` · 6/11/2015 · HAMPTON, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Veterans Administration Medical Center
- **Location:** 100 Emancipation Drive, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, 23667
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On Thursday, 06/11/2015 at 2:15 PM an employee at the Hampton VA Medical Center was injured on the job in the Main Kitchen (Building 116/Room 103) of the Nutrition & Food Services Department (N&FS). The employee had finished with food production efforts for the day and began daily sanitation/clean-up efforts. The employee was responsible for cleaning and sanitizing a 100-gallon kettle.  At the time of the injury, the equipment was left in the "on" position; the paddles were rotating; and the probe had been removed from the bottom of the kettle thereby creating a small circular opening. The employee was cleaning out the circular opening (finger in upright position through the hole) when the paddle struck his finger. The paddle severed 1/2 inch of his middle finger on his left hand.  Bone was visible. The employee was rushed to the Emergency Room for re-attachment efforts.

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