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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018076976 · 7/11/2018 · Electric Boat Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was helping to transfer a steel plate off a flatbed truck with an overhead crane. The rigging equipment was put under tension while the employee's left ring finger was between the shackle and the plate hook; the employee's fingertip was pinched and amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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