# Crushing injuries at Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA)
> OSHA SIR `2015010342` · 1/10/2015 · TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Airplane-propeller-driven or piston engine
## Employer
- **Name:** Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA)
- **Location:** Arnold Air Force Base, TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, 37389
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On Saturday, 01/10/2015, at approximately 2:15 p.m., an employee was changing out a large piston when a failure occurred, crushing/smashing three of the employee's fingers on his left hand. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery on 01/11/2015.

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