# Amputations at ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF EDWARDSVILLE
> OSHA SIR `2015107350` · 10/2/2015 · EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF EDWARDSVILLE
- **Location:** 4601 CAHOKIA CREEK ROAD, EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62025
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling out a garbage truck at a landfill. The wind blew the side-hinged access door shut on the employee's right thumb, amputating it between the thumbnail and the first knuckle.

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