# Amputations at PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2017099125` · 9/22/2017 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** 1400 FARRAGUT AVE, CODE 106, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a pocket knife to cut open a large sack when the sack slipped and the knife amputated his fingertip.

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