# Amputations at Ryder System Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088104` · 8/7/2019 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ryder System Inc.
- **Location:** 3315 Cavanaugh Rd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72908
- **NAICS:** 532120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving a 55-gallon drum containing windshield wiper fluid. One of the employees had to re-position the barrel from the vertical to the horizontal position using a rocking stand and strap. As the employee was positioning the barrel, it slipped. The employee's right pinky finger was caught between the drum and stand, resulting in a finger amputation.

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