# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at M J Electric
> OSHA SIR `2024086992` · 8/1/2024 · ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Electric parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** M J Electric
- **Location:** 65 Gordon Road, ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17921
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up after a job and placing an electric post insulator (approximately 35 pounds) into the dumpster when it slipped and pinched their fingers between the glass insulator and the dumpster. The employee sustained a laceration to their left middle finger and a crush injury to the index finger that resulted in a partial amputation at the hospital.

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