Amputations

Name: Amputations at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated
Start: 10/29/2023

1 amputation · 2023109996 · 10/29/2023 · Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated

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: Band saws

Employer

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

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a handle with hydraulic vise clamps on the vertical band saw table when his left fourth digit was pinched in the vise clamps. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Source

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