# Amputations at Denbow Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109977` · 10/17/2017 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** Denbow Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 8212 Barton Club Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78735
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a manhole lid when it slipped and pinched his left middle finger between the lid and the manhole rim. Skin was removed from his finger (no bone or fingernail loss).

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