# Amputations at Conewago Enterprises Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20181010941` · 10/23/2018 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Conewago Enterprises Incorporated
- **Location:** Snyders of Hanover, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working together to lift a manhole cover. One employee placed a claw hammer in the manhole cover to lift it approximately 12 inches when the hammer slipped. The other employee tried to grab the cover but it fell and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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