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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — BREMERTON, WASHINGTON

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
Employer Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Report ID 2015052556
Address Dry Dock 1, Ventilation Enclosure #32 City, State ZIP BREMERTON, WASHINGTON 98314
Event Date May 4, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Secondary Source Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt
Industry (NAICS) 336611 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 47.55000, -122.65000

Incident Narrative

An employee was training a junior employee. They were troubleshooting an electrical exhaust fan. The system was locked out at the time. The employee began manually rotating the pulley via the fan belt. As the employee pulled the belt, he drove his left hand between the belt he was pulling and the pulley. This crushed his left-hand ring fingertip, including the tip of the fourth distal. He sustained an amputation of the fourth distal, from the nailbed to the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On May 4, 2015, a worker at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in BREMERTON, WASHINGTON suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with drums, pulleys, sheaves identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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