# Amputations at Insulation Distributors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201110397` · 11/2/2020 · CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Insulation Distributors, Inc.
- **Location:** 8303 Audubon Road, CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA, 55317
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was manually moving a 55-gallon steel drum away from other drums on a pallet in order to pick up the drum using a drum grabbing machine. The drum shifted and pinched his left pinky above the knuckle. The employee sustained an amputation of the left pinky fingertip.

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