# Amputations at Flowers Baking Co
> OSHA SIR `2019055059` · 5/19/2019 · VILLA RICA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Co
- **Location:** 369 W  Bankhead Hwy, VILLA RICA, GEORGIA, 30180
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum from a pallet onto a hand truck. The employee's left hand was smashed between two of the 55-gallon drums, causing an amputation to the tip of the middle finger.

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