# Amputations at Clean Earth of Carteret
> OSHA SIR `2019033299` · 3/29/2019 · CARTERET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Earth of Carteret
- **Location:** 24 Middlesex Avenue, CARTERET, NEW JERSEY, 07008
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder when the open end of a stanchion caught a ring on his finger. He suffered a severe laceration to the third phalange, resulting in a partial amputation.

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