# Amputations at Cocolamus Creek Disposal Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118284` · 11/4/2015 · MIFFLIN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Cocolamus Creek Disposal Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Ramsey's Car Wash, MIFFLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17058
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A sanitation engineer was hooking the cable hooks to the residential dumpster when his right index finger was pinched in the safety hook latch.  This resulted in a crushing injury and the loss of the right index fingertip.

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