# Amputations at Florida Concrete Unlimited, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032260` · 3/12/2022 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Concrete Unlimited, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 NE First Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33132
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a pipe into a placing boom. The pipe was suspended by a tower crane with a nylon strap using the hitch and a half hitch rigging method. The pipe slipped in the rigging and dropped 3 to 4 inches, crushing the employee's right thumb and little finger. The thumb was amputated and the little finger was severely lacerated.

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