# Amputations at V.T. Halter Marine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129523` · 12/16/2015 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** V.T. Halter Marine, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 Bayou Casotte Parkway, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lifted a hatch door by hand and was attempting place the door over the hatch opening when it slipped from his hands and his right ring finger was pinched between the hatch door and the hatch opening.  The right ring finger was amputated.

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