# Amputations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
> OSHA SIR `2019077234` · 7/17/2019 · 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:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
- **Location:** NE of Bldg 427 PSNS, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable worm-drive circular saw to cut slots in 4X4 lumber for trailer stairs and cut their left middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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