# Amputations at Port Serv Transportation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023053962` · 5/3/2023 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Port Serv Transportation, LLC
- **Location:** 1515 E. Barbours Cut Boulevard, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a shipping container from a port. The employee got out of his truck to locate the container for the crane operator when the crane struck him in the leg. The employee's leg was amputated below the knee, just above the ankle.

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