# Amputations at Bliss Environmental Services
> OSHA SIR `2023054652` · 5/25/2023 · ROME, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Bliss Environmental Services
- **Location:** 575 Perimeter Road, ROME, NEW YORK, 13440
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding as a passenger in the cab of a garbage truck that was driving in a parking lot. As the employee exited the truck, it ran over the employee's right leg and foot and their left foot and ankle. The employee sustained a right leg amputation below the knee and multiple left foot/toe fractures that required hospitalization.

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