# Amputations at E.J. Fields Machine Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015062601` · 6/4/2015 · MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** E.J. Fields Machine Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 816 Front Street, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, 70380
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead crane with a plat clamp attachment to reposition a 12-inch diameter by 12-foot long rudder stock to its opposite side. The load was out of position at an approximate 75-degree horizontal angle instead of a vertical 90-degree vertical position beneath the crane. The employee was standing to the right of the rudder stock being moved. As the load began to swing away from him, he attempted to control the swinging motion with his left hand.  His left ring finger got pinched between a nearby metal stand and the rudder stock.

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