# Amputations at Shank Waste Services
> OSHA SIR `2019010333` · 1/10/2019 · APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Shank Waste Services
- **Location:** 151 Elks Lodge Drive, APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15613
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the garbage truck's lift handle to pull a garbage can up to the truck to dump the garbage. On the way down, his left index finger became caught in the safety latch of the lift. The employee sustained the amputation of the left index fingertip.

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