# Amputations at Ryan Marine Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066117` · 6/18/2019 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## 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, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ryan Marine Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 4-5 miles offshore on USCG ship, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working 4 to 5 miles offshore on board a utility vessel and helping to retrieve a box core (device that goes to the bottom to scoop sediment) when his fingers were caught in a 24-volt winch, resulting in the partial amputation of his left ring finger.

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