# Amputations at Furino and Sons
> OSHA SIR `2015010545` · 1/16/2015 · SEWAREN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Chutes
- **Secondary source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Furino and Sons
- **Location:** Cliff Road, SEWAREN, NEW JERSEY, 07077
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting the truck driver to clear small amounts of cement left in the vehicle when the rear  chute came down on the employee's left middle finger amputating the tip.  The employee was taken to hospital and the fingertip was reattached.

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