# Amputations at BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20171010409` · 10/31/2017 · CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY
- **Location:** 180 New Rutherford Ave, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02129
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the drum inside a cement truck's collection hopper when his hand was caught by the blade inside the drum. He suffered hand and finger injuries. The hopper was guarded at the time of the incident.

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