# Cuts, lacerations at Amwaste of Louisiana, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032660` · 3/13/2019 · INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Amwaste of Louisiana, LLC
- **Location:** 732 East Railroad Avenue, INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA, 70443
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to latch a waste container door. The door opening caught his left little fingertip, crushing/cutting it.

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