# Amputations at U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TINKER AFB
> OSHA SIR `2023032434` · 3/17/2023 · MIDWEST CITY, 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TINKER AFB
- **Location:** 3001 STAFF DRIVE, MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73145
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a manual shear machine to process stock when he sustained a right middle finger crush/degloving injury and a ring finger amputation.

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