# Amputations at Envirotech Waste Services
> OSHA SIR `2021021379` · 2/15/2021 · PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Envirotech Waste Services
- **Location:** 120 West Sioux, PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57501
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left thumb tip was amputated when the lid of a compactor closed on the finger.

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