# Amputations at Chatham Shellfish Company
> OSHA SIR `2018066084` · 6/20/2018 · CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Commercial fishing vessel
## Employer
- **Name:** Chatham Shellfish Company
- **Location:** Oyster Pond Chatham, CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02633
- **NAICS:** 311710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee as pulling the motor out of the water into the locked position. When it didn't lock, the motor descended and the employee was pulled overboard pinching her right thumb between the motor and the clasp to the bracket. Her fingertip was amputated.

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