# Amputations at NCI Group, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019077420` · 7/20/2019 · MATTOON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** NCI Group, Inc
- **Location:** 1509 Dewitt Ave E, MATTOON, ILLINOIS, 61938
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually moving a 55-gallon drum of caulking from a wood pallet to a dolly. The drum slipped back into its original position, pinching his finger against an adjacent drum. The injury resulted in a fingertip amputation.

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