# Amputations at Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
> OSHA SIR `2021077497` · 7/23/2021 · M C B H KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- **Location:** Bldg 6088 Mokapu Rd, M C B H KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, 96863
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to make a cardboard bale using the box baler. He was unjamming a piece when his fingertip was caught between a chain and the wall of the machine resulting in amputation.

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