# Amputations at Prepolymer Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017099263` · 9/27/2017 · MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Prepolymer Products Inc
- **Location:** 2113 Nikolei Avenue, MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54449
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually moving 55-gallon drums full of polyurethane off a pallet when his right little fingertip was pinched and amputated (no bone loss) between two drums.

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