# Amputations at Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076272` · 7/12/2016 · TIPPECANOE, OHIO
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
- **Location:** 3596 St. Rt. 39, TIPPECANOE, OHIO, 44699
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 12, 2016, an employee was offloading a 2-yard dumpster when the employee's finger became caught between the truck and the container lock. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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