# Amputations at Green Quest Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2023065100` · 6/8/2023 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Green Quest Recycling
- **Location:** 440 J St, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68508
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a baler when he fell 15 feet into the chute. The baler then compacted and trapped the employee, injuring both legs. One leg was broken and the other was amputated.

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