# Amputations at Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054556` · 5/22/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wrenches-power not determined
- **Secondary source:** Impact wrenches-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 2907 BROOKS STREET, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33803
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing nuts and bolts to replace cement flow through a pipe. While using an impact gun on the bolt and a wrench on the nut, the nut spun due to torque and the employee's right index fingertip was caught between the wrench and the flange, resulting in an amputation.

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