# Amputations at Mike Hooks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201211622` · 12/11/2020 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Mike Hooks, LLC
- **Location:** Gulfport Ship Channel, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39501
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mooring a spill barge. As the employee was lifting the tow line from a bollard. The line came under tension and the employee's left ring finger was caught between it and the bollard. The fingertip was amputated.

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