# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Nevada Army National Guard, Field Maintenance Shop
> OSHA SIR `2024021154` · 2/6/2024 · RENO, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Nonpressurized containers  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Nevada Army National Guard, Field Maintenance Shop
- **Location:** 19960 Army Aviation Drive, RENO, NEVADA, 89506
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was trying to replace the lid on a battery storage container after the wind blew it off. As he was placing the lid, the wind caused it to clamp down on his little finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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