# Amputations at US Department of Transportation
> OSHA SIR `20171010458` · 10/31/2017 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Department of Transportation
- **Location:** 23rd Street Pier, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 488390
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was loading cargo flat racks onto a barge when his fingers entered the 1-inch gap between the racks and a spreader bar. The flat rack came to rest on the barge, and the spreader bar continued downward and crushed his pointer and middle fingers. His fingers were later medically amputated.

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