# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025010731` · 1/23/2025 · VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- **Location:** Port Hueneme Naval Base, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA, 93001
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was loading equipment onto a forklift when the shackle from the sling fell to the ground. While the employee was retrieving the shackle from under the forks, the moveable fork that was propped up on the shackle fell onto his left middle finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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