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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016088078 · 8/27/2016 · Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
Source
Tugboat, towboat

Employer

Name
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Location
Seavy Island, KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The injured employee was installing line skirting. He placed his left hand in the hinge side of a watertight door when another employee inside the tug shut the door amputating approximately one inch of the employee's left middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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