# Avulsions, enucleations at College of Staten Island
> OSHA SIR `2019054499` · 5/3/2019 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** College of Staten Island
- **Location:** 2800 Victory Blvd, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10314
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a dumpster to the sanitation truck and got their right ring finger caught between the truck and the dumpster. The employee suffered an avulsion injury to the fingertip.

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