# Amputations at Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086669` · 8/9/2021 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC
- **Location:** Resource Recovery Facility-Covanta Miami-Dade, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33178
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hitting a socket with a hammer to loosen it while a second employee monitored. The second employee grabbed the socket to keep it from falling to the ground and was struck by the hammer, suffering an amputation at the end of the left index finger.

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