# Amputations at Valley Waste Service
> OSHA SIR `2019087882` · 8/2/2019 · NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Valley Waste Service
- **Location:** 101 Mercer Avenue, NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15066
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking the latch from a truck to a dumpster. The truck's lifting lever was engaged, and the employee suffered a partial thumb amputation in the pinch point.

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