# Amputations at Thomas Concrete
> OSHA SIR `2021053661` · 5/4/2021 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomas Concrete
- **Location:** 3310 Cook Drive, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30507
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a front end loader bucket to a machine. He aligned the parts to place a pin, and a bar moved and pinched his left index fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.

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