# Amputations at Tropical Shipping
> OSHA SIR `2017010806` · 1/26/2017 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Shipping
- **Location:** 5 E 11th St, RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a man basket spooling wire rope using a chain. The employee's hand was on the rope when the chain moved and caught his right thumb resulting in an amputation of the thumb tip.

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