# Fractures at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2023021881` · 2/28/2023 · CORONADO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** USS Abraham Lincoln, CORONADO, CALIFORNIA, 92118
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was opening a scuttle on the third deck of an aircraft carrier. The scuttle quickly opened and pinched the employee's finger against a scaffold, resulting in a finger laceration and fractures.

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