# Amputations at Keystone Concrete Placement
> OSHA SIR `2019021615` · 2/13/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Keystone Concrete Placement
- **Location:** 1803 Broadway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78215
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was part of a wrecking crew removing plywood formwork from a structural concrete deck. He was using a pry bar to loosen the formwork. As he was pushing the pry bar upward, the formwork separated from the concrete and the pry bar slipped upward, smashing his left index finger between the bar and a metal support pole and causing amputation of the proximal joint.

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