# Amputations at Offshore Technical Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2016098282` · 9/1/2016 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Offshore Technical Solutions
- **Location:** GA 241-B above Tetra Hedron barge, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 213115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a crane operator were preparing to lift a cutter head (tool) into a transport rack. The crane operator picked up the tool and the employee's finger was caught in a pinch point between the tool and the transport rack resulting in the amputation of the right index fingertip.

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