# Amputations at VVF LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032066` · 3/6/2017 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VVF LLC
- **Location:** 1705 Kansas Ave., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66105
- **NAICS:** 325620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine and amputated the right middle fingertip when it was caught in a screw while trying to remove a piece of plastic.

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