# Amputations at Elite Workforce LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019089019` · 8/29/2019 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Workforce LLC
- **Location:** 141 Bayou Dularge Road, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an 11- by 2-foot steel plate onto the inside of a barge when the plate slipped and crushed two fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of the third and fourth fingers.

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