# Amputations at R & L CARRIERS Shared Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210776` · 12/15/2021 · KANSAS CITY, 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:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** R & L CARRIERS Shared Services LLC
- **Location:** 4055 North Pleasant Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64161
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was righting a cardboard drum that had fallen off a pallet. The drum slipped on the pallet and landed on the employee's right little finger, amputating the fingertip.

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