# Amputations at WASTE MANAGEMENT OF COLORADO
> OSHA SIR `2019033052` · 3/23/2019 · ASPEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** WASTE MANAGEMENT OF COLORADO
- **Location:** 700 Ute Ave., ASPEN, COLORADO, 81611
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a container onto a garbage truck. He was about to lock in his truncheon bar when the mechanism was turned on. He suffered an amputation to the left index finger.

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