# Amputations at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2019021435` · 2/7/2019 · PERU, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 1101  31st Street, PERU, ILLINOIS, 61354
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retracting a truck-mounted winch cable when his right index finger was caught between the cable and a lever. The fingertip was amputated.

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