# Amputations at Whitesell-Green, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098983` · 9/22/2016 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Windows, openings
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitesell-Green, Inc.
- **Location:** Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a rubber tub to pour water out of a double hung window when the top section of the window slipped and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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