# Amputations at SeaWest Mechanical Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032375` · 3/19/2016 · YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** SeaWest Mechanical Inc.
- **Location:** 4612 Highway 49E, YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI, 39194
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting the end section of pipe to help clear an I-beam of a pipe rack. As the crew moved the pipe forward, the employee's left thumb was caught and amputated between the pipe and an I-beam support member.

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