PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA—
NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA 23709 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was rigging depleted gas bottles to be removed from a metal dumpster. A forklift's forks came down to retrieve the bottles. They caught his right middle finger against the rim of the dumpster, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
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