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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020109569 · 10/8/2020 · Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
Source
Water vehicle, n.e.c
Secondary source
Impact wrenches-powered

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was removing bolts from the diving door of a submarine using an air-driven impact wrench. When he removed the final bolt, the door swung down, pushing the impact wrench down on his hand. His thumb was pinched between the impact wrench and a support beam under the submarine. The employee sustained an amputation to the left thumb that included bone loss.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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