# Amputations at Cintas
> OSHA SIR `2023032180` · 3/9/2023 · GAHANNA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Cintas
- **Location:** 1275 Research Road, GAHANNA, OHIO, 43230
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a metal cart full of laundry mats onto a delivery truck. While maneuvering the cart into position to secure it to the truck, the employee's left hand got caught between the cart and the truck bracket resulting in amputation of their left index fingertip.

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