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Electric Boat Corporation

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Electric Boat Corporation in NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
Employer Electric Boat Corporation Report ID 2018076976
Address 165 Dillabur Avenue, Bldg. 2A, Dept 911 City, State ZIP NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND 02852
Event Date July 11, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Industry (NAICS) 336611 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.59000, -71.41000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to transfer a steel plate off a flatbed truck with an overhead crane. The rigging equipment was put under tension while the employee's left ring finger was between the shackle and the plate hook; the employee's fingertip was pinched and amputated.

Incident Summary

On July 11, 2018, a worker at Electric Boat Corporation in NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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