# Amputations at Myer Marine Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021437` · 2/8/2019 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Myer Marine Services LLC
- **Location:** 744 Blackburn DR, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36608
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a steel screen on a vertical boring machine. The screen got caught on a fixture and the employee's hands were caught between the screen and a rail. The employee suffered a fractured left hand and a fractured right thumb. The employee's right index and middle fingers were amputated.

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