# Amputations involving bone loss at C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010041` · 10/29/2024 · WILDWOOD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Concrete paving machines, pavers
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 4208 CR 124-A, WILDWOOD, FLORIDA, 34785
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a drag chain on an asphalt paver. The employee was feeding the chain when their glove got caught, dragging the employee's left hand into the chain. The employee's middle finger was amputated and their index fingertip was amputated to the cuticle. The asphalt paver was running at the time.

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