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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018066178 · 6/22/2018 · Electric Boat

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name
Electric Boat
Location
165 Dillabur Avenue, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had put a pipe in a vise and was adjusting the flange to insert a ring into the unit. The unit slipped from the vise; as the pipe fell and the employee tried to grab it, the vise pinched the employee's finger. He suffered a fingertip amputation on his left hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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