# Amputations at JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2020032430` · 3/14/2020 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.
- **Location:** DOW Chemical Freeport, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An 8-ton tugger (a pneumatic winch with cables and pulleys) and snatch block were being used to move a coil pack into position. An employee was monitoring the cable and pulleys. The employee's right hand was caught between the cable and the channel of the block, causing amputations to the right index, middle, ring, and little fingers and a non-displaced fracture to the right little finger.

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