# Amputations at S J Transportation Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043471` · 4/11/2018 · SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** S J Transportation Company
- **Location:** 200 Inerbelt Road, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02143
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving steel drums in a truck when the employee's finger was pinched between drums, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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