# Amputations at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2016065636` · 6/23/2016 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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