# Amputations at Electric Boat
> OSHA SIR `2018066178` · 6/22/2018 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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