# Amputations at New Earth
> OSHA SIR `2016054499` · 5/23/2016 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** New Earth
- **Location:** 12286 TX 105, CONROE, TEXAS, 77306
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking two drums of trash to the dumpster with a forklift (55 gallon and 20 gallon).  The employee lifted the drums and tried to tilt the drums so they would fall into the dumpster. His left middle finger was caught between the dumpster and the 20-gallon drum, amputating the first digit.

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