# Amputations at Miller & Long Concrete
> OSHA SIR `2015129222` · 12/7/2015 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller & Long Concrete
- **Location:** 1100 Maine Ave SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20015
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving 55 gallon drums and smashed a finger between a drum and the barrel picker. The fingertip was amputated below the thumb nail.

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