# Amputations at ABM Industries
> OSHA SIR `20191212647` · 12/9/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** ABM Industries
- **Location:** 5 Greenway Plaza, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77046
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing trash into a trash compactor. The employee tried to remove an item from the trash compactor and amputated their left middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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