# Amputations at VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119544` · 11/4/2021 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Airplane-powered fixed wing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc.
- **Location:** 9800 John Saunders Rd., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78216
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a brace on the landing gear of an airplane to bolt into place. The brace was moved and his right middle finger was caught in the bolt hole. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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