# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at University of Miami
> OSHA SIR `2024010280` · 1/11/2024 · CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pressurized containers  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** University of Miami
- **Location:** 5555 Ponce de Leon, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, 33146
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wheeling a cart containing a large gas cylinder into receiving doors when the cart tipped over and the cylinder crushed their right ring finger, resulting in an amputation.

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