# Amputations at The Buick Resource Recycling Facility
> OSHA SIR `2019032296` · 3/3/2019 · BOSS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Buick Resource Recycling Facility
- **Location:** 18594 Hwy kk, BOSS, MISSOURI, 65440
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying large battery cells into the vibrating pan that feeds a battery shredder. When the cells dumped into the pan they fell against the splash door, pushing the door against his right hand and severing the tips of his middle and ring fingers.

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