# Amputations at Cummins Sales & Services
> OSHA SIR `2017087309` · 8/1/2017 · ATLANTA, 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:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Cummins Sales & Services
- **Location:** 100 University Avenue, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30315
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While moving a 55-gallon drum, an employee's right ring finger was pinched between the drum and the forklift tine, amputating the fingertip.

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