Amputations

Name: Amputations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Building 460
Start: 6/6/2018

1 amputation · 2018065541 · 6/6/2018 · Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Building 460

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Building 460
Location: Building 460, Shipfitter Weld Shop, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

Employees were moving a metal ring weighing 578 lbs. from a hydraulic lift table to a work bench when the metal ring fell onto one of the employee's left hand catching it between the ring and the work bench and amputating the ring and middle fingertips.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown