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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076573 · 7/17/2017 · Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
Source
Drills-powered

Employer

Name
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Location
SE Corner, Drydock 3, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker drill pilot holes through a wooden block. The coworker was operating the drill while the employee checked the hole alignment when the drill bit cut through the block and contacted the employee s right index finger, amputating it to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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