# Amputations at Rumpke Waste and Recycling Services
> OSHA SIR `2017076133` · 7/4/2017 · FAIRFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Rumpke Waste and Recycling Services
- **Location:** 182 Anzio Court, FAIRFIELD, OHIO, 45014
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tipping recycling waste containers into the truck. He was actuating the lever with his right hand while his left hand was on top of the container tipper. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

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