# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Lincoln Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109577` · 10/15/2024 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Dump trucks
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1602 Selinger Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16505
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping the driver of a lugger truck pick up a lugger box using hydraulic arms. The employee was holding a pin extension to help dump the lugger box. His left hand was caught in a pinch point when the lugger box was engaged and moved. The employee suffered amputation of his left index fingertip.

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