# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Harper Electric Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087740` · 8/22/2024 · JAY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Levels, plumb bobs
## Employer
- **Name:** Harper Electric Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 3623 Country Rd. 182, JAY, FLORIDA, 32565
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a line level to keep tension in a wire line. The wire became stuck and needed to be uncoiled. While the employee was uncoiling the wire, the wire pushed his left hand against the level, crushing his left middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle finger.

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