# Amputations at Heidelberg Distributing
> OSHA SIR `2016032343` · 3/17/2016 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Heidelberg Distributing
- **Location:** 1518 Dalton Avenue, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45214
- **NAICS:** 424810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying trash into the dumpster when their finger got caught between the dumpster and the hand rail resulting in amputation of the left ring finger.

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