# Amputations at Interstate Waste Service
> OSHA SIR `20201111174` · 11/27/2020 · AMSTERDAM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Interstate Waste Service
- **Location:** Apex Environmental, AMSTERDAM, OHIO, 43903
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a dock-locking mechanism on a solid waste container on the back of a truck. The latching mechanism was engaged, catching the employee's right glove and partially amputating the little finger at the second knuckle.

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