# Amputations involving bone loss at Good's Disposal Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109610` · 10/16/2024 · ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object in roadway
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Road signs, poles  except utility
## Employer
- **Name:** Good's Disposal Service, Inc.
- **Location:** South Peach Alley and West High Street, ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17022
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting onto the rear of a garbage truck. The employee's right leg was caught between the truck's rear riding step and a bollard as it started moving. The employee was hospitalized and their leg was amputated at the knee.

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