# Amputations at Watkins Concrete Block Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109963` · 10/27/2023 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Watkins Concrete Block Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 14306 Giles Rd., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68138
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a concrete mixer. They were manually moving the mixing blade when their left thumb was caught between the blade and the wall of the mixer. Their thumb was amputated from the first knuckle up.

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