# Amputations at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2017032830` · 3/29/2017 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St Pe' Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum with a rotary saw when it kicked back and amputated his left index finger.

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