# Amputations at Waste Pro USA - Pompano Beach
> OSHA SIR `20211210865` · 12/17/2021 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Pro USA - Pompano Beach
- **Location:** 3101 Northwest 16th Terrace, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33069
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was collecting yard waste debris from the ground and loading it into a garbage truck's hopper. The packer blade caught his left hand against the inner wall of the hopper, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the ring finger.

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