# Amputations at United Launch Alliance, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015075151` · 7/28/2015 · CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Airplane-propeller-driven or piston engine
## Employer
- **Name:** United Launch Alliance, LLC.
- **Location:** Space Launch Complex 37, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 32920
- **NAICS:** 481212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a pneumatic-charged hose to a piston assembly when the piston started operating. His left-hand little finger was amputated near the first digit and his ring finger was amputated near the second digit. He was hospitalized.

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