# Amputations at Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2019010043` · 1/2/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics
- **Location:** 8500 Clinton Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a cargo hold on a ship, guiding in a steel slab load, when the load hit a two-by-four. The two-by-four then popped up and pinched the employee's pinky fingertip between it and the load chain, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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