# Amputations at GFL Environmental
> OSHA SIR `2020066100` · 6/30/2020 · CONYERS, GEORGIA
## 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:** GFL Environmental
- **Location:** 2477 Cedar Brook Dr., CONYERS, GEORGIA, 30012
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying trash containers in the back of a compactor truck when his hand was contacted by the compactor blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the distal phalanx of his left middle finger.

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