# Amputations at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
> OSHA SIR `2023065531` · 6/21/2023 · BRUNSWICK, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
- **Location:** 375 Bath Road, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, 04011
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A steel plate was dropped, causing the employee's thumb to get pinched between the plate and a pallet/shim. The employee suffered an amputation to the distal half of the right thumb.

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