# Amputations at McHugh Excavating and Plumbing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064891` · 6/3/2016 · ONALASKA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** McHugh Excavating and Plumbing, Inc.
- **Location:** W7010 EVERGREEN WAY, ONALASKA, WISCONSIN, 54650
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were lifting up a manhole to see the direction of a pipe. The lid was lifted and held vertically. Some dirt started to fall into the manhole, and the employee used his hand to brush it away so it did not fall into the manhole. The lid slipped off the tool and smashed the employee's left thumb between it and the casting, amputating the end of his left thumb.

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