# Amputations at Anniston Army Depot
> OSHA SIR `2022119576` · 11/1/2022 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Other vehicles, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Anniston Army Depot
- **Location:** 7 Frankford Avenue, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging the front of a heavy armored vehicle to offload from a railcar. The employee's right middle and index finger were caught between the rigging hook and the vehicle's engine cover latch hook, causing the amputation of flesh from both fingers.

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