# Amputations at GFL Environmental, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087589` · 8/11/2020 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GFL Environmental, Inc.
- **Location:** 645 West 53rd Place, DENVER, COLORADO, 80261
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had climbed a 6-foot A-frame ladder that was leaned up against a baler machine and was going to use pressurized air to clear debris off the electronic eye. The baler activated and the blade swept, amputating a portion of the employee s left index finger.

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