# Amputations at T.T. Barge Services Mile 237, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088276` · 8/12/2019 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** T.T. Barge Services Mile 237, LLC
- **Location:** 5790 N River Rd, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a pneumatic ventilation blower and slipped when stepping off one barge to another barge. The employee fell to the deck of the barge and the blower fell on his right thumb, crushing it and resulting in a partial amputation.

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