# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Syncom Space Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021098130` · 9/21/2021 · STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Syncom Space Services, LLC
- **Location:** Building 1100, STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39529
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a forklift and opened the door to access the battery bank. As the employee started sliding the battery bank out, his right ring finger was caught between the forklift and a structural beam resulting in a fracture and a fingertip amputation.

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