# Amputations at U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Logistics Agency
> OSHA SIR `2022108844` · 10/7/2022 · TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Logistics Agency
- **Location:** 3301 F Avenue, Building 506, TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA, 73145
- **NAICS:** 561410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor system that was not operational. There was another operational conveyor system nearby; the employee removed the safety covering from the operational pusher to help determine why the other pusher was not operating. The test switch was pressed and the pusher went over the employee's right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation. The thumb was later fully amputated.

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