# Amputations at United Staffing Management Texas LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098936` · 9/18/2017 · DICKINSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** United Staffing Management Texas LLC
- **Location:** 5202 Ecret Drive, DICKINSON, TEXAS, 77539
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading trash into a refuse truck when his pinky finger was amputated by the packer blade as it cycled.

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