# Amputations at Vesta Intermediate Funding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111341` · 11/29/2017 · FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vesta Intermediate Funding, Inc.
- **Location:** 9900 S. 57th Street, FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-installing a 75-pound barrel on an injection molding machine when the barrel slipped. As the employee tried to catch it, the barrel crushed and amputated the employee's left pinky finger.

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