# Amputations at Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety
> OSHA SIR `2017032821` · 3/29/2017 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety
- **Location:** Rod and Gun Club, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a box of clay pigeons into a container when the container lid fell on his left middle finger, resulting in an amputation without bone loss.

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