# Amputations at Grand Central Landfill Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019021667` · 2/14/2019 · PEN ARGYL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Grand Central Landfill Inc
- **Location:** Grand Central Landfill, PEN ARGYL, PENNSYLVANIA, 18072
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving drums in the back of a truck bed using a drum lifter. The employee's thumb was caught between the drum and the lifter, resulting in a partial amputation.

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