# Amputations at Waste Management of PA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032381` · 3/15/2017 · CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip on substance without fall
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of PA, Inc.
- **Location:** American Legion Post 300, CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19013
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee picking up garbage at a stop along the route slipped on ice while pushing a small dumpster. The employee smashed his pinky finger between the dumpster and the back of the dump truck suffering an injury that required amputation of the fingertip.

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