# Amputations at Waste Management of New Hampshire
> OSHA SIR `2015108044` · 10/27/2015 · ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of New Hampshire
- **Location:** 214 Rochester Neck Road, ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03839
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of sheet steel (estimated weight of 40-50 lbs.) into place to be  secured to a metal frame, when it started to slide. The employee's hand was struck by the sheet steel resulting in the amputation of the right pinky fingertip.

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