# Amputations at Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Region (NAVFAC)
> OSHA SIR `2023032540` · 3/21/2023 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Region (NAVFAC)
- **Location:** Bldg. 3355, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92136
- **NAICS:** 561110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling shelving to change out a racking system for a compressor system when the metal brace fell and amputated half an inch of his left little finger.

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