# Amputations at Omega Protein, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088100` · 8/29/2016 · MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Omega Protein, Inc.
- **Location:** 5735 Elder Ferry Road, MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, 39563
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a press pump motor. The employee stepped over the motor and his boot got caught on a hydraulic hose. He tripped and fell and his left hand struck the expanded metal guard for the press next to where he was working severing his left pinky finger.

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