# Amputations at Schlotterbeck & Foss
> OSHA SIR `20191213173` · 12/26/2019 · WESTBROOK, MAINE
## 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:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Schlotterbeck & Foss
- **Location:** 3 Ledgeview Drive, WESTBROOK, MAINE, 04092
- **NAICS:** 311941
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a drum from a pallet when the employee's left middle finger was caught between the drum and pallet, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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