# Amputations at Cozzi Recycling - Full Service Scrap Metal Recycling Yard & Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2022032422` · 3/17/2022 · BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Cozzi Recycling - Full Service Scrap Metal Recycling Yard & Warehouse
- **Location:** 2501 Grant Avenue, BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60104
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A loader's forks were being used to push the door of a roll-off compactor box closed. The door pinched an employee's thumb, causing an amputation.

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