# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Valmont Utility
> OSHA SIR `2024010601` · 1/19/2024 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Utility
- **Location:** 801 North Xanthus Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel utility pole on the manual conveyor. When pushing the pole and reaching for paperwork that was inside the pole, the employee's right middle fingertip was pinched and amputated.

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