# Amputations at SCI, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065220` · 6/8/2017 · VANCLEAVE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** SCI, Inc.
- **Location:** off of Jim Ramsey Road and Highway 57, VANCLEAVE, MISSISSIPPI, 39565
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 8, 2017, an employee was holding one side of a manhole cover while a coworker lifted the manhole cover with a crowbar on the opposite side. The manhole cover slipped off of the crowbar hook and fell onto the employee's hand, pinching off the finger pads of his right middle and ring fingers between the manhole lid and lip. His ring fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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