# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Nouveau Elevator Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054471` · 5/21/2024 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nouveau Elevator Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 123 Williams Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10038
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An elevator mechanic was adjusting the elevator brake clearance with a feeler gage used to monitor clearance between the brake shoe and operating shaft. The mechanic was holding the feeler gage in his left hand, and wrenches in his right hand. He instructed a helper inside the elevator to cab up. As the cab went up, his left middle finger got pinched in the elevator hoist cable and the fingertip was amputated.

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