# Amputations at PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2016087137` · 8/2/2016 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sanders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** Building 73, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92135
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a belt sander to remove burrs on a piece of sheet metal when his thumb became caught and partially amputated between the sander and sheet metal.

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