# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065674` · 6/13/2025 · LEWISTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by door, gate, window
- **Source:** Doors, hatches  vehicle and machine cabin
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors, shredders
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 424 River Rd, LEWISTON, MAINE, 04240
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a baler door that weighed about 500 pounds closed. A pair of wire cutters fell between the door and the baler wall. The employee was retrieving the wire cutters when the door closed, crushing the employee's right index finger against the baler wall and causing a partial amputation to the finger.

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