# Amputations at WM
> OSHA SIR `2022109003` · 10/13/2022 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** WM
- **Location:** 1041 Arbor Acres Ave, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 13, 2022, an employee was getting down from a dumpster after looking into it from over the side. His ring caught on a metal spur on the container and the ring finger was amputated. He was hospitalized.

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