# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at The Kearney Companies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211456` · 12/11/2024 · LAND O LAKES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kearney Companies, LLC
- **Location:** N0 Address given: Connerton Subdivision, LAND O LAKES, FLORIDA, 34638
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were putting in utilities during phase one of a subdivision construction/development. An employee was guiding a pipe that was being lowered/lifted into the ground by a backhoe. The pipe was attached to the backhoe with a chain. The employee's right hand was caught between the chain and the pipe. Their ring finger sustained a severe laceration/avulsion(s) requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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