# Amputations at Valley Tool, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015108142` · 10/12/2015 · WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Tool, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 Industrial Park Drive, WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38965
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was caught under the grinding wheel of a surface grinder resulting in a left middle finger avulsion. The fingertip was later amputated.

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