Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls, 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA 23607
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was leaning into an office to speak to another employee when the office door shut and pinched his left middle finger between the door and the door frame resulting in an amputation with bone loss.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedDoors, except garage and vehicle
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An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.
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