# Amputations at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2015085496` · 8/6/2015 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 1000 Access Road, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a fan unit into position on a foundation plate when his fingertip became pinched between the two surfaces resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*