# Amputations at Crushing Corporation of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032074` · 3/3/2020 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Crushing Corporation of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 655 Jefferson Drive, SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20560
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a dumpster. A hopper was being moved, and the employee's little finger was caught between the hopper and the dumpster. The fingertip was amputated.

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