# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm
> OSHA SIR `2025088360` · 8/21/2025 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm
- **Location:** 1516 Oriental Boulevard, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11235
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder checking the fuel level in an oil tank. As they started to descend the ladder, the ladder slid across the fuel tank and the employee slipped and fell off the ladder. Their right little finger was caught between the ladder and a metal stanchion when the ladder struck the floor. The employee sustained an avulsion to their right little finger and a laceration and abrasion to their right arm.

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