# Amputations at Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211110044` · 11/19/2021 · NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC
- **Location:** Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29405
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was loading containers from a ship onto a bomb cart. The employee's left index finger was caught between a twist lock and the frame of the bomb cart, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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