# Amputations at GG&S Construction Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023054396` · 5/17/2023 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** GG&S Construction Co.
- **Location:** Magnolia Hotel, WACO, TEXAS, 76701
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mortar mixer when his middle and ring fingers were caught in the mixing paddle and mortar drum. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated.

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