# Amputations at Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville
> OSHA SIR `20161211559` · 12/12/2016 · VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville
- **Location:** 13777 Air Expressway Blvd., VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 92394
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was taking garbage out to the trash dumpster when his right pinky finger was pinched in the hinged portion of the trash lid amputating his fingertip.

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