# Amputations involving bone loss at Ecovery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076815` · 7/27/2024 · LOXLEY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecovery, LLC
- **Location:** 26320 Railroad Avenue, LOXLEY, ALABAMA, 36551
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The shredder machine jammed. An employee stopped the machine and locked it out. When the employee unjammed the blade using his foot, it rotated and the blade sliced the employee's left foot resulting in toe amputations.

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