# Amputations at United States Air Force Base Robins AFB GA
> OSHA SIR `2017043185` · 4/8/2017 · ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aircraft unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Air Force Base Robins AFB GA
- **Location:** Building 54, ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA, 31098
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to close the tail on an aircraft when the employee's right index finger was smashed and amputated in the mobile tail enclosure.

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