# Amputations at U.S. Department of Defense, Tinker AFB
> OSHA SIR `2016053913` · 5/7/2016 · TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Defense, Tinker AFB
- **Location:** OC-ALC/PMXG/MXDEKB, TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA, 73145
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a horizontal lathe and amputated the right thumb below the knuckle.

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