# Amputations at Jacintoport International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088659` · 8/22/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jacintoport International LLC
- **Location:** 16398 Jacintoport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 488310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading containers onto a vessel when his right thumb was caught and crushed between a 20' container's side wall and the outside corner casting of the container, resulting in a partial amputation of the right thumb tip.

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