# Amputations at Huffcutt Concrete LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020088192` · 8/28/2020 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Huffcutt Concrete LLC
- **Location:** 4088 123rd Street, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 28, 2020, an employee was affixing the D-ring of a pallet lifting device to the sling hook of an overhead crane when the crane's hook was raised. The employee's left thumb was caught between the crane hook and the D-ring, and the thumb tip was amputated.

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