# Amputations at Terminal Link Texas
> OSHA SIR `2018088106` · 8/8/2018 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Terminal Link Texas
- **Location:** 12625 Port Dr., SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a man basket at a terminal unloading a rubber tired gantry crane. He was taking the pin off the crane shackle when his left thumb was caught between the shackle, resulting in a partial amputation to the thumb tip.

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