# Amputations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2017065040` · 6/3/2017 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** USS John C. Stennis, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on the hull of a ship from scaffolding. When he was lowering himself down from the scaffolding, his ring was caught on the edge of a metal beam, which then amputated his finger.

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