# Amputations involving bone loss at Ingalls Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2025021057` · 2/2/2025 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level and catch oneself
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingalls Shipbuilding
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe'Highway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a stairway when they lost their balance. The employee went to catch themselves and their finger became stuck between two angles and degloved. The employee sustained a medical amputation of their ring finger to the second knuckle.

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