# Amputations at Waste Management of Kansas Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021097573` · 9/2/2021 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Kansas Inc
- **Location:** 4330 West 31st St, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67216
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to push trash off the sill of a hopper. The cart tipper was activated, and as it rose it pinched the employee's left hand against the sill. The employee's little fingertip was amputated.

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