# Amputations at Ports America Gulfport, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099010` · 9/20/2017 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ports America Gulfport, Inc.
- **Location:** 1105 30th Ave., GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39501
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unlock a cargo container twist lock as the container was being lowered onto a trailer. The right middle and index fingers were caught between the cargo container and the trailer resulting in amputation.

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