# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Belair Builders Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087212` · 8/7/2024 · NORTHGLENN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Belair Builders Inc
- **Location:** 1801 E 121st Ave., NORTHGLENN, COLORADO, 80241
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and another employee were removing a manhole cover. An employee lifted the cover with a hook. The hook slipped off the cover and the cover fell onto the gloved hand of the injured employee, pinning his left middle fingertip against the frame of the manhole. The injured employee sustained a fingertip amputation without bone loss and was hospitalized and underwent reattachment surgery.

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