# Amputations at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center: G-6 Communications and Data
> OSHA SIR `2018033028` · 3/28/2018 · TWENTYNINE PALMS MCB, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center: G-6 Communications and Data
- **Location:** Building 1533, TWENTYNINE PALMS MCB, CALIFORNIA, 92278
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was helping to stow an auger in a truck when the controls became stuck in high speed and his hand was entangled in the auger, partially amputating a finger.

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