# Amputations at Navy PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett
> OSHA SIR `2018088996` · 8/30/2018 · EVERETT, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Navy PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett
- **Location:** 2000 W Marine View Dr., EVERETT, WASHINGTON, 98201
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a jointer on a piece of polymer wall paneling when it hung up. The employee lost his footing and the sawblade amputated about a 1/4" of his right middle finger.

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