# Amputations at Katoen Natie Gulf Coast, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019089047` · 8/31/2019 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Katoen Natie Gulf Coast, Inc.
- **Location:** 10925 SH 225, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 488991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the transfer system located at the back of a building. His hand was on a pipe when the sliding gate to the transfer system closed back to its original position, resulting in the amputation of all five left-hand fingers (knuckles and up). The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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