Amputations

Name: Amputations at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated
Start: 6/3/2019

1 amputation · 2019065572 · 6/3/2019 · Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Sanders-powered

Employer

Name: Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated
Location: 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was sanding plates on a sander when his left hand was caught between the material and the sander wheel as it was rotating. The employee received stitches on the ring and index fingers and amputated the middle finger at the first knuckle.

Source

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