# Amputations at Ready Cable, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210845` · 12/17/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Ready Cable, Inc.
- **Location:** 4416 Keller HIcks Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76244
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum from a pallet onto the ground. As the employee attempted to lower the drum, the end of the drum pinched and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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