# Amputations at Finger Lakes Refuse & Disposal Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018011037` · 1/31/2018 · CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK
## 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:** Finger Lakes Refuse & Disposal Inc
- **Location:** 80 Parish Street, CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK, 14424
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee helped a driver reconnect a dumpster to the dumping mechanism on the back of a truck. The driver then went to the other side of the truck to operate the dumpster, but the bin slipped out again. The employee again went to re-attach the dumpster as the driver began to operate it. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught between the dumpster and the dumping mechanism, amputating it.

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