# Amputations at Gainesville Plumbing, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018065757` · 6/12/2018 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Gainesville Plumbing, LLC.
- **Location:** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20006
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pry bar to lift a manhole cover. The manhole cover slipped and fell onto the employee's left middle finger, crushing the fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.

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