# Amputations at Concrete Materials
> OSHA SIR `20171212095` · 12/20/2017 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete Materials
- **Location:** 3000 West Madison, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a ready-mix concrete truck with an air hammer when a portion of dried concrete fell on the employee's left hand, fracturing the middle finger and amputating the index finger.

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