# Amputations at PORTS AMERICA
> OSHA SIR `20181111991` · 11/21/2018 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PORTS AMERICA
- **Location:** 5901 Terminal Drive, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70115
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a barge cover via a crane with a strap when the employee's right thumb was caught between the strap and the lifting hook of the barge cover, resulting in an amputation injury.

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