# Amputations at Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108730` · 10/4/2022 · GALENA PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.
- **Location:** 1606 Clinton Dr., GALENA PARK, TEXAS, 77547
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Five employees were hooking up a bundle of pipe in a hatch in a marine vessel. One employee's gloved left hand was on the safety lifting strap and lifting hook of an overhead crane; it became entangled as the load was being lifted. His left index and middle fingers were amputated.

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