# Amputations at Stericycle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119740` · 11/10/2021 · HOLLAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Stericycle, Inc.
- **Location:** 6156 Trust Drive, HOLLAND, OHIO, 43528
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 10, 2021, an employee was loading a box truck. As they used their right hand to raise the lift gate, their left index finger was pinched between the liftgate and the truck. The employee sustained an amputation to the end of the finger.

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