# Amputations at R L Carriers
> OSHA SIR `20161110661` · 11/12/2016 · ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** R L Carriers
- **Location:** 2975 Forest Parkway, ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA, 30294
- **NAICS:** 488999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was pinned between a trailer's interior wall and a drum of material while loading a 450 lb. drum on a pallet skid. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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