# Amputations at United States Department of the Army
> OSHA SIR `2022098163` · 9/14/2022 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Department of the Army
- **Location:** 7 Frankford Ave. Bldg 1, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a device on a vehicle while removing a final drive assembly. His right hand was caught between the final drive assembly and the vehicle's hull; the hand was crushed and the little finger was amputated.

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