# Amputations at BAE Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015020755` · 2/25/2015 · GOOSE CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Truck mounted ladders, aerial ladder trams
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Charleston Army Strategic Logistic Activity Center, GOOSE CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29445
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While climbing down a military vehicle (MMPV) access ladder, the employee's wedding ring on his left hand got caught on one of the anti-slip barbs on the step.  When he dismounted the last step, the flesh was pulled from his ring finger, resulting in its ultimate amputation.

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