# Amputations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Building 460
> OSHA SIR `2018065541` · 6/6/2018 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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