# Amputations at Waste Pro of Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109642` · 10/18/2023 · PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Pro of Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 17302 Pines Boulevard, PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, 33029
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to put a blade cylinder back into its housing when his right middle finger was pinched between the cylinder and the housing. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.

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