# Amputations at Detyens Shipyards, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054605` · 5/6/2019 · NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Detyens Shipyards, Inc.
- **Location:** 1670 Drydock Avenue Bldg 296, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29405
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a bucket lift to work on the hull of a ship. The employee's hand was on the top of the bucket when the lift made contact with the hull of the ship and the employee's hand was caught between the bucket and the ship's hull. Two fingers were damaged and a third finger was medically amputated.

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