# Amputations at MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018088012` · 8/6/2018 · ASTATULA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 23902 County Road 561, ASTATULA, FLORIDA, 34705
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed his left little finger on the expandable cable of a concrete mold. When he turned the airline connection on, the cord partially pinched his finger. When he attempted to remove his finger, it was amputated and degloved to the base of his nail.

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