# Amputations at NAVAIR Lakehurst
> OSHA SIR `20171211659` · 12/8/2017 · LAKEHURST NAEC, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NAVAIR Lakehurst
- **Location:** NAVAIR Test Track, LAKEHURST NAEC, NEW JERSEY, 08733
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a load from a powered industrial vehicle when the employee's right pinky finger became pinched between the vehicle and a connection bar, crushing and amputating the fingertip.

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