# Amputations at Space Exploration Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2023098163` · 9/5/2023 · CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Space Exploration Technologies
- **Location:** Space Exploration Technologies East Coast Recovery Dock, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
- **NAICS:** 927110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing rigging operations. While installing a pin into a 120-ton lifting shackle, the employee's right little finger was caught between the pin and the hole in the shackle. The employee sustained a laceration to the finger that required hospitalization, surgery, and possible amputation.

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