# Amputations at BAE Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015041670` · 4/1/2015 · RADFORD, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** 4050 Peppers Ferry Rd., RADFORD, VIRGINIA, 24141
- **NAICS:** 332994
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a core pusher machine when her left index finger got caught between a hydraulic ram head and the machine itself, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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