# Amputations at Electric Boat Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020065452` · 6/11/2020 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Boat Corporation
- **Location:** 165 Dillabur Avenue, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the guardrail of an elevated lift platform. The employee was pushing the guardrail up while another employee, who was standing on the lift, was pushing down on the guardrail. The injured employee got his right middle finger caught in a pinch point on the guardrail and sustained a fingertip amputation.

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