# Amputations at BAE Systems Ordinance Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086991` · 8/8/2022 · KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems Ordinance Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 4509 West Stone Drive, KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE, 37660
- **NAICS:** 325920
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a vacuum still when its manway lid fell and crushed his right ring finger. 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*