# Amputations at Strata Concrete Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015096808` · 9/17/2015 · NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Strata Concrete Corporation
- **Location:** 1.5 miles north of New Town on route 1804, NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58763
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the DOT bumper observing a concrete chute. He slipped and in his attempt to restrain his fall, inserted two fingers into the roller on the concrete ready mix truck. Two fingers were crushed requiring amputation.

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