# Amputations at UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
> OSHA SIR `20201211490` · 12/8/2020 · MINOT AFB, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
- **Location:** Building 475, MINOT AFB, NORTH DAKOTA, 58705
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a portable air compressor when the compressor started and the fan blade amputated the employee's left pinky finger.

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