# Amputations at Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
> OSHA SIR `20181213120` · 12/22/2018 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
- **Location:** 3356 N Houston Ave., HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77347
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A welder was installing weights on 24-inch plastic pipes, using a wedge to install the two half weights. The wedge moved and the tip of the welder's right thumb got caught between the pipe and the wedge. The thumb tip was amputated.

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