# Amputations at Republic Services Karnes County Landfill
> OSHA SIR `20221210915` · 12/16/2022 · KENEDY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services Karnes County Landfill
- **Location:** 900 S County Road 153, KENEDY, TEXAS, 78119
- **NAICS:** 562112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished washing out a frac tank. While descending the frac tank steps, the employee lost his footing and fell forward, causing his right hand to get stuck between the handrail and the handrail support beam. He sustained a right little fingertip amputation.

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