# Amputations at Weeks Marine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021019` · 2/2/2016 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Weeks Marine, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 CR 731, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to install a marine loading arm.  As he stood near the base of the loading arm, the weight shifted and struck him, causing his right-hand index finger to be caught and amputated between the base of the loading arm and a piece of pipe.

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