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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015052556 · 5/4/2015 · Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Secondary source
Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt

Employer

Name
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Location
Dry Dock 1, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was training a junior employee. They were troubleshooting an electrical exhaust fan. The system was locked out at the time. The employee began manually rotating the pulley via the fan belt. As the employee pulled the belt, he drove his left hand between the belt he was pulling and the pulley. This crushed his left-hand ring fingertip, including the tip of the fourth distal. He sustained an amputation of the fourth distal, from the nailbed to the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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