# Amputations at GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO
> OSHA SIR `2022119786` · 11/7/2022 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO
- **Location:** 2798 E. HARBOR DR., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92113
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was opening a pressurized fuel cargo tank lid when the lid flew off and contacted their left hand. The employee suffered a laceration on the middle finger, as well as an avulsion of the index finger that resulted in a surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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