# Amputations at Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108924` · 10/16/2021 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
- **Location:** Port of Palm Beach 5 East 11th St, RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 483111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from the ground, helping as a crane placed cargo loaded on flat racks onto a road chassis. As the employee moved to place a connecting pin, a flat rack shifted and crushed his right index finger. Half of the finger was amputated.

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