# Amputations at Waste Management Corporations of
> OSHA SIR `2019010284` · 1/9/2019 · BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management Corporations of
- **Location:** 915 SW Hampton Ct, BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, 64015
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a hook and winch cable to a waste container when his left ring finger became tangled in the cable, resulting in a fingertip amputation with no bone loss.

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