# Amputations at US Fish & Wildlife Service
> OSHA SIR `2020010372` · 1/14/2020 · SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** US Fish & Wildlife Service
- **Location:** Forest area, SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS, 62225
- **NAICS:** 541711
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wood chipper machine when it became jammed with material. The employee's fingertip was amputated while trying to unjam it and the employee was hospitalized. The machine was not running at the time of the incident.

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