# Amputations at East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109645` · 10/12/2016 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 3400 Shipwright Street, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee conducted a pull test on deck tie downs. He then went to move the test unit to dislodge the hook and the swivel nut and all thread shaft shifted catching the employee's right middle fingertip between the test unit foundation and swivel nut. The fingertip was amputated.

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