# Amputations at HILL AIR FORCE BASE
> OSHA SIR `2015129037` · 12/1/2015 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** HILL AIR FORCE BASE
- **Location:** Bldg 269, Hill AFB, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an internal hangar door when it traveled beyond its limit point. His hand got trapped between the hangar door and a hose reel assembly on the adjacent wall and was crushed. His left ring finger was amputated.

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