# Amputations at Newcastle Masonry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110978` · 11/15/2017 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Newcastle Masonry, Inc.
- **Location:** 1936 N. St., NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75962
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a mortar mixer on a construction site when his right hand entered the mixer's moving parts, amputating two fingers. The mixer was unguarded at the time.

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