# Amputations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
> OSHA SIR `2020054949` · 5/28/2020 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
- **Location:** 1400 Farragut Avenue, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At about 11:30 a.m. on May 28, 2020, an employee was clearing a clog from the classification system for a plastic media recovery system. When the clog cleared, the open adjustable rotor started to spin, causing amputations to the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers (with bone loss to the furthest knuckle on the middle finger).

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