# Amputations at Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2023010621` · 1/19/2023 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News Shipbuilding
- **Location:** USS Stennis, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with a rigging operation when their fingers became pinched between the load and support cable. The employee sustained an amputation of the top of their little finger and abrasions to the other fingers.

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