# Amputations at Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015021341` · 2/11/2015 · NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 411 Sunapee Street, NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03773
- **NAICS:** 331512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee pinched a finger when standing up a steel drum. Soft tissue was torn from the finger tip with no bone loss.

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