# Amputations at Concrete Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211633` · 12/14/2016 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 6300 Cornhusker Hwy, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68529
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand grinder with a wire wheel to buff the side rail of a panel form when the wheel grabbed a piece of tie wire and whipped it around. The wheel hit and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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