# Amputations at Cooper Consolidated, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043674` · 4/17/2018 · DARROW, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Consolidated, LLC.
- **Location:** 3027 Hwy 75, DARROW, LOUISIANA, 70725
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending the aft port ladder of a derrick to remove a rope from the barge kevel when he slipped and grabbed the winch cable with his right hand. The cable was moving and his right hand was pulled into the snatch block, causing a laceration and amputation of two fingers.

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