# Amputations at Pine Tree Waste Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064737` · 6/1/2022 · BANGOR, MAINE
## 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:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Pine Tree Waste Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 378 Hammond street, BANGOR, MAINE, 04401
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been driving and collecting trash. The employee's left middle finger was caught in a pinch point between a dumpster and the trash truck resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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