# Amputations involving bone loss at A-Affordable Disposal of Pueblo, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065488` · 6/9/2025 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Garbage trucks
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** A-Affordable Disposal of Pueblo, Inc.
- **Location:** 1370 Halleck Ave., PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81003
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a dumpster into a rear-load trash truck at a customer location. The employee's left index finger got caught by the dumpster as it was being dumped, resulting in amputation of the finger at the knuckle.

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