# Amputations at San Jac Marine
> OSHA SIR `2021054167` · 5/21/2021 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** San Jac Marine
- **Location:** 17112 Market Street, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding inside a barge. While trying to move a scaffold, a scaffold board fell and his right thumb was pinned between an angle bar and the board. The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated.

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