# Amputations at GERALD INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019088752` · 8/23/2019 · GERALD, MISSOURI
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** GERALD INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 625 W. Industrial Park, GERALD, MISSOURI, 63037
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an oil drum onto a hand truck. Upon placing the oil drum onto the hand truck, the employee's fingers were caught between the two objects. The employee sustained amputations of the right middle and index fingertips.

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