# Amputations at SSA CONTAINERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015030961` · 3/3/2015 · LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SSA CONTAINERS, INC.
- **Location:** 1521 PIER J AVE., LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, 90802
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was hanging a lashing bar on the aft end of the ship. The bar popped out of the corner and pinched the employee's right thumb between the railing and the lashing bar. The thumb tip was severed.

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