# Amputations at Kiewit Offshore Services, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2023054552` · 5/22/2023 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hammers-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiewit Offshore Services, LTD.
- **Location:** 2440 Kiewit Road, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 9:15 a.m. on May 22, 2023, an employee was using a 5-pound hammer to remove the weld on a pipe support and knock the support lose. The hammer missed the support; the employee's left index finger struck the support and was lacerated and broken. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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