# Amputations at Ameri-Tex Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010678` · 1/25/2021 · JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameri-Tex Services Inc.
- **Location:** 3000 North Jackson Street, JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS, 75766
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling the winch cable on the back of a garbage truck. The end of the cable amputated his left ring finger.

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