# Amputations at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `20221211080` · 12/21/2022 · ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 916 Tonsor Drive, ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62002
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a winch cable when they were caught between the cable and a hydraulic cylinder, resulting in amputation of two fingers on the left hand.

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