# Amputations at Federal Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `20231110903` · 11/28/2023 · LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** 3901 Klein Blvd., LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA, 93436
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was preparing the serving line area for the evening meal. He was cleaning a stainless steel table when his left middle finger got stuck in a gap where a raised ledge is affixed to the table. As he pulled his finger from the space, his fingertip was amputated.

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