# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Port Newark Container Terminal, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110537` · 11/12/2024 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Industrial carrier  powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Port Newark Container Terminal, LLC
- **Location:** 241 Calcutta St., NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 12, 2024, an employee and a mechanic were fixing a tie rod on a straddle carrier. When the tie rod snapped into position, it pinched the employee's left thumb, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and the surgical amputation of the tip of the thumb.

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