# Amputations at Southern Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021210` · 2/7/2017 · CROSSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 18 County Road 480, CROSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35962
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to clean the drum of a mixer truck. To access the drum, the employee raised the hopper located at the rear of the truck and placed a brace underneath it. The hopper slipped from the brace and fell onto the employee's right index finger crushing it. The finger was surgically amputated between the first and second digit.

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