# Amputations at HMA Concrete LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019055192` · 5/22/2019 · TOWNSEND, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** HMA Concrete LLC
- **Location:** 734 Dexters Corner Road, TOWNSEND, DELAWARE, 19734
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on top of a conveyor belt that feeds the main bowl in the concrete plant trying to adjust the pulley. He was trying to loosen clamps or bolts when the belt started and the employee's right leg was caught in the belt opening resulting in amputation of the employee's right foot.

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