# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Electric Boat Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024021580` · 2/20/2024 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Piers, wharfs, water docks
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow, hail
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Boat Corporation
- **Location:** 75 Eastern Point Road, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the south pier checking freeze protection drains when they slipped on ice caused by a leaking valve in the vicinity of the drain. The employee fell onto their right side and their finger was cut on something sharp, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

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