# Amputations at Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019077628` · 7/26/2019 · BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc
- **Location:** 250 E 22nd Street, BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, 07002
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove round bar risers from pipelines to replace them with marine board risers. He rigged two pipelines to be elevated so that the round bar could be cut off and replaced with marine board. His hand was on an outside pipe and when the two rigged pipelines were elevated, they swung and collided with his right hand. His right middle finger was crushed and had to be surgically amputated.

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