# Amputations at Colours Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076957` · 7/10/2019 · PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Colours Inc.
- **Location:** 9120A Pennsauken Hwy., PENNSAUKEN, NEW JERSEY, 08110
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 55-gallon metal drum onto a pallet when his left middle finger became caught between two barrels. The fingertip was amputated.

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