# Amputations at The Womble Company
> OSHA SIR `2015063714` · 6/16/2015 · ALTUS AFB, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** The Womble Company
- **Location:** Altus Air Force Base, ALTUS AFB, OKLAHOMA, 73523
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move aluminum tubing and frame-filled crates. The employee was signaling the operator when his left pinky got caught between the board and the crate. His left pinky fingertip was amputated, removing mostly skin and the fingernail.

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