# Amputations at Associated Terminals
> OSHA SIR `20181213250` · 12/28/2018 · CONVENT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Terminals
- **Location:** 9100 Safety Drive St., CONVENT, LOUISIANA, 70723
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a chain binder that was positioned between the gap of two deck plates inside the hold of a ship. The fourth distal phalange was pinched between the blade of a forklift and the chain binder that was being held causing an amputation injury.

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