# Amputations at B & B CONCRETE COMPANY INC
> OSHA SIR `2021043336` · 4/22/2021 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** B & B CONCRETE COMPANY INC
- **Location:** 130 INDUSTRIAL RD N, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing belts on an air compressor. The motor pulley rotated, grabbing the employee's fingers and pinching them between the tightened belt and the pulley. The employee suffered a severed right index finger, a lacerated right middle finger, and a broken right ring finger.

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