# Amputations at Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
> OSHA SIR `2016032082` · 3/8/2016 · PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
- **Location:** CED Bldg. 813., PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA, 93043
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A vehicle battery on a drill press became unsecured while an employee was drilling into it. A battery cable wrapped around the employee's left ring finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.

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