# Amputations at Rooter Plumbing Hudwson Valley, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043703` · 4/18/2018 · NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rooter Plumbing Hudwson Valley, Inc.
- **Location:** 272 Elm Street, NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT, 06840
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At around 3:30 PM, an employee was using a tool to pry open a manhole to clear the main drain line when the tool slipped while his thumb was in the manhole. The manhole lid then came down on his left thumb and severed it above the knuckle.

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