# Amputations at Electric Boat
> OSHA SIR `20171211605` · 12/7/2017 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## 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:** Electric Boat
- **Location:** 165 Dillabur Avenue, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pocket knife to cut a 1/4" thick piece of rubber when the knife lacerated and partially amputated his left index fingertip.

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