# Amputations at AXEL AMERICAS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020077074` · 7/27/2020 · ROSEDALE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** AXEL AMERICAS, LLC
- **Location:** 150 Russell Crutcher Road, ROSEDALE, MISSISSIPPI, 38769
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a 55-gallon drum on a pallet. The employee's finger was smashed between two of the drums, causing an amputation.

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