# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at WE Energies
> OSHA SIR `2024064893` · 6/4/2024 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Knives
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** WE Energies
- **Location:** 5370 N Lovers Lane Rd, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53225
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the back of a line truck preparing a copper wire for future installation. He was using a hook knife with a 4-inch blade to skin the protective coating on the wire when the hook knife dug into the wire and then cut into the cut resistant glove on his left hand. The employee sustained a soft tissue amputation to his index fingertip.

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