# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at J.E. Foster Building Company
> OSHA SIR `2025054331` · 5/8/2025 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Structural blocks  stone and masonry
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** J.E. Foster Building Company
- **Location:** 11020 Mueller Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63123
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder, using a chipping hammer to remove a concrete masonry unit block wall from around ductwork. Below the block he was removing, a steel lintel above a door became loose. As he was steadying the lintel, a concrete block fell onto his left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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