# Amputations at Frontier Waste Solutions North Texas
> OSHA SIR `20201211600` · 12/11/2020 · WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Waste Solutions North Texas
- **Location:** 3719 Stonebridge Drive, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 76085
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished dumping a rear load container into the back of a rear load garbage truck. While retracting the winch cable and securing it to the truck, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and the grab handle. The employee sustained a crushed right hand and was hospitalized. The middle finger required surgical amputation.

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