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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021097732 · 9/8/2021 · Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Metalworking lathes
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Location
Building 234, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was deburring a 1-inch carbon steel pipe on a lathe for weld practice. The employee was polishing the outside diameter of the pipe using emery cloth. The employee was straddling the pipe, with one hand on each end of the cloth, when the rotating pipe pulled in the employee's glove and right hand. The employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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