# Amputations at OCCI
> OSHA SIR `2022043078` · 4/6/2022 · CHICKASAW, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** OCCI
- **Location:** 750 Viaduct Rd., CHICKASAW, ALABAMA, 36611
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a machine with a spherical hammer grab moving debris from a barge to land. The employee's right index finger was caught in the jaws of the spherical hammer grab and amputated at the first knuckle.

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