# Amputations at Keppel AmFELS, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2020021480` · 2/14/2020 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Keppel AmFELS, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 20000 State Highway 48, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were moving steel plates using an overhead crane. One employee's left little finger was caught between the ring of the lifting clamp and the hook of the crane chain, causing an amputation of the fingertip.

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