# Cuts, lacerations at Phillip's Seafood, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021031874` · 3/1/2021 · TOWNSEND, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Commercial fishing vessel
## Employer
- **Name:** Phillip's Seafood, Inc.
- **Location:** 1418 Sapelo Avenue, TOWNSEND, GEORGIA, 31331
- **NAICS:** 424460
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a clam boat trying to tie a rope to a disabled oyster boat. A wave hit the clam boat and the employee lost his balance and fell. His right hand and thumb were caught and lacerated between the two boats.

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