# Amputations at Republic Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118612` · 11/13/2015 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Alley of Greenmeadow Drive, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76904
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a board inside a trash truck hopper. The blade was moving at the time. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated between the compactor blade and the side wall of the hopper.

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