# Amputations at White Sands Missile Range
> OSHA SIR `2017053998` · 5/2/2017 · WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** White Sands Missile Range
- **Location:** CDC Kitchen, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, 88002
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was placing cucumbers into a food processor and partially amputated the right ring finger.

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