# Amputations at U.S. Dept of the Navy
> OSHA SIR `2016065035` · 6/7/2016 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept of the Navy
- **Location:** 291 Cunningham Street, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32508
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting preventive maintenance on a conveyor motor when his left hand was caught between the gear box and gear box housing, amputating his left pinky fingertip and lacerating his left index finger. He was hospitalized. The motor was still running at the time of the incident.

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