# Amputations at Electric Boat
> OSHA SIR `2018043501` · 4/11/2018 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Boat
- **Location:** 75 Eastern Point Road, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting  a vice on a drill press table when the device shifted, causing his left pinky finger to become caught between the key slot and the fixture. A chunk of flesh was removed.

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