# Amputations at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023109996` · 10/29/2023 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries Incorporated
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a handle with hydraulic vise clamps on the vertical band saw table when his left fourth digit was pinched in the vise clamps. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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