# Amputations at Lexicon Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098579` · 9/10/2016 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexicon Inc.
- **Location:** 8900 Fourche Dam Pike Street, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his crew were loading steel coils onto a barge for shipment. As a coil was being lowered onto the saddle-shaped dunnage, the employee used his right foot to adjust the position of the dunnage board. He missed the board and the coil came down on top of the steel-toed cap of his boot, which collapsed onto his right toes. His big-toe nailbed was crushed and his second toe was fractured. His third and fourth toes were surgically amputated just below the nailbed.

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