# Amputations at URS Federal Services
> OSHA SIR `2017021227` · 2/8/2017 · TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** URS Federal Services
- **Location:** Tobyhanna Army Depot, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18466
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a roll into a tube-cutting machine when his hand entered the hopper area of the machine. The internal cutting blade then amputated his right middle finger.

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