# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Department of Defense U.S. Naval Command
> OSHA SIR `2025066146` · 6/26/2025 · NAS NORTH ISLAND, 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 running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boring, planing, milling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Defense U.S. Naval Command
- **Location:** Building 379, NAS NORTH ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, 92135
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a 4x6 piece of wood through a jointer. The employee's hand slipped and the blades amputated the distal sections of the second and third fingers on their left hand. A machine guard was in place at the time.

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