# Amputations at Riverbend Maintenance Corp
> OSHA SIR `20170910406` · 9/28/2017 · DESTREHAN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rollers
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Riverbend Maintenance Corp
- **Location:** 12710 River Road, DESTREHAN, LOUISIANA, 70047
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a horizontal idler roller into a skid pan when a colleague tried to assist him. One end of the idler then came down and smashed the employee's middle finger underneath his glove. He suffered a laceration and broken bone, requiring hospitalization. Later, his fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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