HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH—
HILL AIR FORCE BASE
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Building 233, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH 84056 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on an aircraft's main landing gear. He removed a pin from the drag brace on the main landing gear and placed his thumb in the hole that the pin was in. The drag brace then shifted, amputating his right thumb tip just above the first knuckle.
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An employee was servicing an internal hangar door when it traveled beyond its limit point. His hand got trapped between the hangar door and a hose reel assembly on the adjacent wall and was crushed. His left ring finger was amputated.
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