# Amputations at Department of Defense
> OSHA SIR `2015107556` · 10/10/2015 · TEXARKANA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Tank
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Defense
- **Location:** 10th street and Avenue K, TEXARKANA, TEXAS, 75507
- **NAICS:** 812990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was driving a combat ASV vehicle form a dock area to a staging area.  The vehicle has a hatch.  When the employee was exiting the vehicle, he hit the button to close the hatch.  He pinched his finger in the locking mechanism resulting in the loss of the right ring fingertip.

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