# Amputations at US Dept of Defense
> OSHA SIR `20171110731` · 11/7/2017 · PETERSON AFB, COLORADO
## 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:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Dept of Defense
- **Location:** Peterson AFB, PETERSON AFB, COLORADO, 80914
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/7/2017, an employee was hitching a trailer to a vehicle when the trailer hitch slipped, smashing and amputating the employee's left ring finger above the second knuckle.

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