# Amputations at Keystone Concrete Placement
> OSHA SIR `2020010644` · 1/21/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Keystone Concrete Placement
- **Location:** 1003 Airtex Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77072
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 16-pound sledgehammer to set formwork for concrete along the side of the street when the hammer struck his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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