# Amputations at Waste Pro of Mississippi
> OSHA SIR `2019032393` · 3/5/2019 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Pro of Mississippi
- **Location:** 200 Braxton Avenue, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on the back of the truck and amputated his right middle finger in the cart tipper.

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