# Amputations at Tarpon Marine Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032631` · 3/29/2016 · TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## 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:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tarpon Marine Services, LLC
- **Location:** 1040 Island Ave., TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 34689
- **NAICS:** 212321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing equipment to move to another jobsite when a pendant, weighing approximately 40 pounds, fell on his hand and crushed his right index fingertip. The finger was medically amputated just below the fingernail.

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