# Amputations involving bone loss at Waste Management of PA
> OSHA SIR `20241111002` · 11/26/2024 · BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of PA
- **Location:** 742 Harding Ave, BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA, 19007
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on the back of a truck (passenger side rear step), loading trash into the vehicle. When the truck backed up, their leg was crushed and pinned between the truck and a parked paving machine. He sustained an amputation.

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