# Amputations at Insituform Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021054` · 2/3/2022 · BRADENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** Insituform Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 8 Braden Castle Dr., BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34208
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a manhole sewer lid when their left thumb was pulled in between the lid and the manhole sewer ring, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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