# Amputations at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
> OSHA SIR `2022087685` · 8/29/2022 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
- **Location:** NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was rigging depleted gas bottles to be removed from a metal dumpster. A forklift's forks came down to retrieve the bottles. They caught his right middle finger against the rim of the dumpster, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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