# Amputations at Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032568` · 3/26/2021 · PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 13300 Allanton Road, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been removing wooden blocking from a hull in preparation for the hull's departure from the dock. While using a wooden wedge to remove sand from under the blocking, the blocking shifted and the employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.

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