# Amputations at Waste Management of WV Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098930` · 9/18/2017 · SAINT ALBANS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of WV Inc.
- **Location:** 301 MacCorkle Ave., SAINT ALBANS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25177
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 09/18/2017, at approximately 6:45 a.m., an employee was loading a dumpster onto the truck to be dumped in the back. The dumpster was stuck in a pothole. The winch pulled the dumpster until it released from the pothole and the employee's finger was caught between the truck and the dumpster, amputating the left ring fingertip.

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