# Amputations at NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, CHINA LAKE
> OSHA SIR `20171211984` · 12/18/2017 · RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, CHINA LAKE
- **Location:** 1 Administrative Circle, RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA, 93555
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a ball return/lift when the employee's right hand was caught in a moving chain and sprocket, amputating the index/middle fingertips.

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