Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.
Start: 10/14/2020

1 amputation · 2020109783 · 10/14/2020 · Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc.
Location: 1000 Jerry St. Pe Hwy, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of copper alloy pipe he had just cut and cleaned. When the employee placed the pipe section on a stationary conveyor it bounced up and pinched his left ring finger against the frame, amputating the finger.

Source

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