# Amputations involving bone loss at AmBee Residential & Commercial Concrete Services
> OSHA SIR `2025032380` · 3/12/2025 · LOS FRESNOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drills, braces, drivers
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** AmBee Residential & Commercial Concrete Services
- **Location:** 27991 Buena Vista Boulevard, LOS FRESNOS, TEXAS, 78566
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A dowel was being drilled into the side of a concrete paving foundation. The hammer drill bit would not stay centered on the foundation. An employee was stabilizing the hammer drill bit when it caught the employee's glove. The glove and the employee's left thumb were wrapped around the drill bit. The employee was hospitalized with a severed and dislocated thumb and they required surgery to reattach the thumb.

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