# Amputations at Jobe Materials, LP
> OSHA SIR `20201111150` · 11/25/2020 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Jobe Materials, LP
- **Location:** 1200 Dyer St., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79907
- **NAICS:** 212319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a compressor grease gun to apply grease to the rotating ring of the mixer drum on the back of a ready-mix truck. Grease built up between the roller and the mixer drum; the employee was trying to remove it when his right index finger was caught between the rollers. The last joint of the finger was amputated.

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