# Amputations at Northern Pride Communications
> OSHA SIR `2019077390` · 7/19/2019 · TOPSHAM, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Pride Communications
- **Location:** 20 Center Park Rd, TOPSHAM, MAINE, 04086
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving steel from a trailer using a boom truck. The load shifted and caught the tip of his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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