# Amputations at Bowhead Support Group
> OSHA SIR `2016053657` · 5/2/2016 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Bowhead Support Group
- **Location:** Letterkenny Army Depot, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
- **NAICS:** 811121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a trailer onto a hitch and caught a finger between the hitch and trailer resulting in the amputation of the fingertip.

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