# Amputations at LYON SHIPYARD, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211781` · 12/19/2016 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** LYON SHIPYARD, Inc.
- **Location:** 1818 BROWN AVENUE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23504
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was mooring a vessel when the employee's right ring finger was caught between the mooring line and a metal cleat, amputating the fingertip.

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