# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Skanska USA Civil Southeast
> OSHA SIR `20241211317` · 12/7/2024 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Skanska USA Civil Southeast
- **Location:** 149 Chautauqua Ave., PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23707
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to cut a small opening in a steel beam on a barge. A 5-inch-by-20-inch piece of metal came off and struck the employee's left ring fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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