# Amputations at U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
> OSHA SIR `2018032788` · 3/21/2018 · EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- **Location:** 501 GARY HILL ROAD, EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29824
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a can crusher machine when it amputated half of one of the employee's fingers.

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