# Amputations at Castle Builders Supply
> OSHA SIR `2019043489` · 4/4/2019 · NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Castle Builders Supply
- **Location:** 1409 Moravia Street, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16101
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering the flop chute on the back of a cement truck. As he was unfolding the flop chute, his right pinky finger was pinched between the sections of the chute and amputated.

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