Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ingalls Shipbuilding
Start: 6/23/2016

1 amputation · 2016065636 · 6/23/2016 · Ingalls Shipbuilding

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
Source: Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Location: 1000 Jerry St. PE Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding material for a coworker who was using a manual shear to cut a piece of sheet metal. When the coworker engaged the shear, it amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown