# Fractures at RUMPKE WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2019054964` · 5/16/2019 · MARENGO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cages, cage racks
- **Secondary source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** RUMPKE WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICES
- **Location:** 511 State Route  61, MARENGO, OHIO, 43334
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a rear load container to dump into the back of a garbage truck when the container shifted and smashed the employee's fingers. The employee fractured multiple fingers and received a severe laceration to the middle finger.

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