PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI—
VT Halter Marine
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at VT Halter Marine, 900 Bayou Cassotte, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI 39581 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was positioning a steel beam to be welded. As the beam was being lifted to turn over, it got caught on rollers. It came loose while the employee was trying to dislodge it, and his left hand was caught between the beam and a roller. He suffered amputations to the first and middle fingers just below the nails.
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