# Amputations at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2017043666` · 4/24/2017 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 3510 Rio Vista Ave, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32805
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the garbage truck's engine compartment and amputated a finger when it was caught in the belt and pulley.

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