# Amputations involving bone loss at Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065429` · 6/19/2024 · ELMORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Location:** Road construction paving job, ELMORE, ALABAMA, 36025
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying sand from a catch pan on a paving machine. The employee pulled out a pin and the catch pan fell and landed on the employee's left middle finger. The finger was crushed and amputated.

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