# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Salt City Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2024099021` · 9/26/2024 · EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Co-worker, supervisor  current
## Employer
- **Name:** Salt City Constructors
- **Location:** 6755 Manlius Center Drive, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13057
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were setting angle iron pieces against a rubber gasket on a concrete noise wall. The iron angle became stuck while the injured employee was pushing on the gasket. The second employee was lowering the iron while the injured employee was pushing on the gasket when the iron dropped two inches onto the concrete knee wall, crushing the injured employee's middle finger between the angle iron and the wall. The fingertip was amputated.

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