# Amputations at Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021603` · 2/21/2016 · DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tugboat, towboat
- **Secondary source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation
- **Location:** MV Rosinton, DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA, 36732
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fastening a tug boat to a barge when his fingers were crushed between the boat knee and the barge. His left index and middle fingertips were amputated.

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