# Amputations at Portsmouth Marine Terminal
> OSHA SIR `2015052526` · 5/2/2015 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Portsmouth Marine Terminal
- **Location:** 2000 Seaboard Avenue, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23707
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working as the aft-inshore general longshoreman on a vessel. A container was being discharged from the vessel onto a chassis truck. As the container was lowered into position, the employee was removing a semi-automatic twist lock from one corner of the container when the top half of his right index finger was caught between the container and the chassis. The employee was hospitalized and his top right index finger was removed.

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