# Amputations at HILL AIR FORCE BASE
> OSHA SIR `20171010153` · 10/23/2017 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aircraft unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HILL AIR FORCE BASE
- **Location:** Building 233, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an aircraft's main landing gear. He removed a pin from the drag brace on the main landing gear and placed his thumb in the hole that the pin was in. The drag brace then shifted, amputating his right thumb tip just above the first knuckle.

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