# Amputations at Jacobs Technology, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098858` · 9/17/2020 · ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacobs Technology, Inc.
- **Location:** 6836 Civil Rd, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, 21005
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was helping to install an M256 tube with a bearing assembly into a recoil mount in preparation for testing. While guiding the tube (which was being held by a crane) into the recoil mount, his gloved hand became caught, resulting in the amputation of two left-hand fingertips.

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