# Amputations at Glendale Boat Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076587` · 7/17/2017 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Glendale Boat Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 18300 Market Street, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move a 24" by 14" transformer on a boat with a hoist. When he went to set the transformer down, the transformer slipped and landed on the table surface, trapping his index finger between the two. His fingertip was amputated.

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