# Amputations at Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021080` · 2/5/2021 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
- **Location:** 5 East 11th St., RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 483111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in the loading of a 20' flatrack onto a vessel. The employee installed a lifting cable into position and applied tension to the cable using his right hand. As the cable pressed against the flatrack, the tip of the employee's right index finger was pinched off.

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