# Amputations at Caldwell Ready Mix
> OSHA SIR `2016088201` · 8/26/2016 · LEWISBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caldwell Ready Mix
- **Location:** 35500 SR 78, LEWISBURG, OHIO, 45338
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking bolts on a truck mounted rolling concrete mixer. The employee reached for a wrench that was stuck on the mixer and pinched the right index finger between the wrench and truck mounted pedestal. The initial injury was a severe laceration that later became a surgical amputation.

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