# Amputations at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair
> OSHA SIR `2019054661` · 5/7/2019 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair
- **Location:** 750 W. Berkley Ave., NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had been sand blasting and removed a valve pipe plug when it became clogged. As the employee was removing material, air bled out of the system and caused the valve piston to shut and amputate the employee's left index fingertip.

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