# Amputations at Sun Terminals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022042954` · 4/3/2022 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Sun Terminals, Inc.
- **Location:** 4610 McIntosh Rd, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33316
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ascending the ladder on a tank container while a second tank container was being dropped adjacent to him. The second container hit the container he was climbing and his hand got caught between the two containers resulting in the amputation of fingers.

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