# Amputations at Waste Management of Louisiana, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010202` · 1/9/2017 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Louisiana, LLC
- **Location:** Tuna Ln & Ling Road, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70605
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mounting the rear riding step of a refuse truck when his hand entered the refuse truck hopper where the sweep blade was running. The sweep blade caught and amputated his right middle fingertip.

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