Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — BREMERTON, WASHINGTON

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility in BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
Employer Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility Report ID 2020054949
Address 1400 Farragut Avenue City, State ZIP BREMERTON, WASHINGTON 98314
Event Date May 28, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 336611 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 47.55000, -122.65000

Incident Narrative

At about 11:30 a.m. on May 28, 2020, an employee was clearing a clog from the classification system for a plastic media recovery system. When the clog cleared, the open adjustable rotor started to spin, causing amputations to the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers (with bone loss to the furthest knuckle on the middle finger).

Incident Summary

On May 28, 2020, a worker at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility in BREMERTON, WASHINGTON suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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