# Amputations at Seaward Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087924` · 8/23/2016 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Seaward Services, Inc.
- **Location:** NSWC Norfolk Naval Station, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23511
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a bale on the deck of a ship and got a finger caught between the deck lifting eye and the bale resulting in partial amputation of the finger.

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