# Amputations at Waste Management, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065908` · 6/24/2020 · NAPLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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, Inc.
- **Location:** 4500 Exchange Ave., NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34104
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing garbage into the waste truck when the blade of the hopper amputated his left ring fingertip.

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