# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at General Dynamics NASSCO
> OSHA SIR `2025065273` · 6/3/2025 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Dynamics NASSCO
- **Location:** 2798 E Harbor Drive, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92113
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working on the bottom of a littoral combat ship with a water jet propulsion system instead of a rudder. The employee was hammering a pin out of one of the cylinders of the propulsion system when the pin came out and the cylinder retracted. The employee's left middle finger was pinched by the cylinder, resulting in the partial amputation.

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