# Amputations at URS Federal Technical Services
> OSHA SIR `2016087377` · 8/8/2016 · FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** URS Federal Technical Services
- **Location:** 2650 Louisiana Ave Bldg 4533 4386, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the shock absorber on a military truck when the replacement shock absorber shifted during installation and amputated 1/2 an inch of the employee's left index finger.

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