# Amputations at Defense Logistics Agency Portsmouth
> OSHA SIR `2016032348` · 3/18/2016 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Arm saws, radial arm saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Logistics Agency Portsmouth
- **Location:** Norkfolk Naval Shipyard, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cutting 4x4 trimming pieces with a radial arm saw when the saw blade amputated three left-hand fingers starting at the pinky.

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