# Amputations at VT MARINE
> OSHA SIR `2018043351` · 4/8/2018 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Manlifts
- **Secondary source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VT MARINE
- **Location:** 900 BAYOU CASSOTTE PARKWAY, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39568
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right ring fingertip was caught and amputated between a manlift guardrail and a ship ramp as a second employee was attempting to free the manlift basket from the ship ramp.

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