# Amputations at Bath Iron Works
> OSHA SIR `2021108830` · 10/13/2021 · BATH, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bath Iron Works
- **Location:** 700 Washington Street, BATH, MAINE, 04530
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a 4-inch pipe when it slipped and pinched his finger between the pipe and a steel bulkhead through which the pipe was being installed, resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.

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