# Amputations at Nichols Concrete Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098500` · 9/26/2022 · HOOVER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Nichols Concrete Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 1620 Montgomery Hwy, HOOVER, ALABAMA, 35216
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to close a 2 1/2-inch clamp. His right index finger was caught between the clamp handle and the clamp just as the sledgehammer hit the clamp. The tip of the finger, just before the first knuckle, was crushed and amputated.

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