# Amputations at V.T. Halter
> OSHA SIR `2015021233` · 2/7/2015 · ESCATAWPA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** V.T. Halter
- **Location:** 7801 Trinity Dr., ESCATAWPA, MISSISSIPPI, 39552
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was in a personnel lift and the crane it was attached to was lifting it to another area of the ship. As it was moving, the employee put his hand out to move the basket from the ship and his finger was caught.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*