# Amputations at Standard Materials Group
> OSHA SIR `2021086855` · 8/12/2021 · HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Standard Materials Group
- **Location:** 43 Cedar Bluffs, HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72740
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to remove concrete from a water nozzle on a ready-mix concrete truck. The truck's drum pinched the employee's right index finger, causing a fingertip amputation below the nail.

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