# Amputations at GCC of America
> OSHA SIR `2016099028` · 9/23/2016 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** GCC of America
- **Location:** 2205 Wakasha Rd., SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing the rollers of the concrete mixing truck when his glove was caught in the pinch point of the moving drum and his fingers were crushed. His right fifth digit was amputated at the first knuckle.

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