# Amputations involving bone loss at Burgmeier's Hauling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054297` · 5/15/2024 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Burgmeier's Hauling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1356 Old 6th Avenue Road, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16603
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking a dumpster onto the lift devices located on their garbage truck when their left hand got caught between the dumpster and the truck, resulting in crush injuries and a thumb amputation.

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