# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SamJack Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065341` · 6/17/2024 · FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SamJack Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 100 East Broadway Avenue, FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16121
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a 50-foot-wide rubber door at a steel plant. When setting a steel idler barrel (weighing approximately 2,000 pounds) into position using a crane, the barrel got caught on a piece of metal. The injured employee pushed the barrel and it swung down, crushing his thumb in a pinch point. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

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