# Amputations at RUMPKE SANITARY LANDFILL
> OSHA SIR `2015041692` · 4/2/2015 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Impact wrenches-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** RUMPKE SANITARY LANDFILL
- **Location:** 10795  Hughes Rd, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45251
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the track on a dozer when the track slipped and pinched the employee's pinky finger between the track and a 1" pneumatic impact wrench. The employee sustained a left pinky finger amputation.

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