# Amputations at M&S Centerless Grinding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20190910246` · 9/30/2019 · HATBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** M&S Centerless Grinding, Inc.
- **Location:** 258 E. County Line Rd., HATBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19040
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a full 55-gallon drum of antifreeze. The employee went to let the drum back down to the floor and their right pinky finger was smashed between two 55-gallon steel drums. The right pinky fingertip was amputated.

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