# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Pennsylvania Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2024076311` · 7/12/2024 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Screwdrivers
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennsylvania Electric Company
- **Location:** 5404 Evans Road, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16509
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A manhole cover was being lifted with a screwdriver so that the lifting device's hook could be inserted. The cover slid and came down onto an employee's right hand, causing the amputation of their middle fingertip.

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