# Amputations at T & T Marine Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210627` · 12/6/2022 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** T & T Marine Services, LLC
- **Location:** 9723 Teichman Rd., GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to adjust a metal I-beam. When the employee struck the I-beam with the sledgehammer, his left little finger was pinched between the edge of the I-beam and the sledgehammer, causing an amputation of his fingertip.

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