# Amputations at HL Welding, INC
> OSHA SIR `2015053092` · 5/21/2015 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** HL Welding, INC
- **Location:** 2798 East Harbor Drive, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92186
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a fire hose off of the side of a ship using a rope when the rope became tangled around his index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

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