# Amputations involving bone loss at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific - NIWC
> OSHA SIR `2024032666` · 3/25/2024 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Motorboat, motorized yacht
- **Secondary source:** Piers, wharfs, water docks
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific - NIWC
- **Location:** 53560 Hull Street, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92152
- **NAICS:** 334511
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on a pier mooring a small, rigid inflatable boat. Their fingers were caught between the boat recovery line and the pier piling when the recovery line came under significant strain due to rough seas, resulting in a severe laceration to the left index finger and medical amputation of the left middle finger.

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