# Amputations at VT Halter Marine
> OSHA SIR `2021032391` · 3/20/2021 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** VT Halter Marine
- **Location:** 900 Bayou Cassotte, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a steel beam to be welded. As the beam was being lifted to turn over, it got caught on rollers. It came loose while the employee was trying to dislodge it, and his left hand was caught between the beam and a roller. He suffered amputations to the first and middle fingers just below the nails.

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