# Amputations at Cere Gulf, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010211` · 1/8/2017 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cere Gulf, Inc.
- **Location:** 801 Port Drive, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to load a gearbox onto a container vessel. His hand was between the gantry crane spreader bar and the box when the crane lowered, catching and amputating the employee's left middle fingertip.

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