# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Interstate Waste Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043613` · 4/18/2025 · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wrenches, ratchets
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Interstate Waste Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 375 Route 1 & 9 South, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, 07306
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a torque gun to tighten a lug nut on the front wheel of a truck. He pressed the power button when a moving paddle contacted the tip of his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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