# Amputations at SMUCKER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019099557` · 9/12/2019 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## 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:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
## Employer
- **Name:** SMUCKER COMPANY
- **Location:** 125 Academy Street, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19716
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/12/2019, at approximately 11:30 AM, an employee was carrying a piece of drywall from a stock pile to hand to an installer on a scissor lift. As the installer was lowering the lift, the employee's right ring finger was pinched and crushed between the lift and the piece of drywall, resulting in a finger amputation.

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