# Amputations at VSE Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019011027` · 1/29/2019 · NEW BOSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Engines, turbines, except vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** VSE Corporation
- **Location:** 15 James Carlow Dr., NEW BOSTON, TEXAS, 75570
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working on a training project (maintenance and rebuilding of a diesel engine) an employee caught two fingers on their left hand between the camshaft and the front of the engine. The left middle and ring fingers were lacerated near the nail and partially amputated.

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