# Amputations at Ballard Marine Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019055087` · 5/20/2019 · NORTH TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Ballard Marine Construction, LLC
- **Location:** East Anchor Span, Hudson River, Tappan Zee Bridge, NORTH TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, 10591
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A diver was underwater cutting steel floor beams from an anchor span truss when the anchor span moved and pinched his hand between the previously cut lateral beam and the truss. The employee was trapped for a few minutes until the steel structures moved and released him, allowing him to surface. He suffered a right ring finger and pinky fingertip amputation, as well as a right middle finger laceration.

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