# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021549` · 2/19/2024 · BURBANK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 7770 S Cicero Ave., BURBANK, ILLINOIS, 60459
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 19, 2024, an employee arrived at a customer site to empty the recycling compactor. While loosening a ratchet, the employee's finger was caught in the pinch point where the ratchet hook connects the receiver box to the compactor unit, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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