# Amputations at Cement Construction Materials South
> OSHA SIR `2020032566` · 3/18/2020 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Cement Construction Materials South
- **Location:** Greens Road & Balmoral Hills, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77396
- **NAICS:** 327310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing the third chute to dispense cement from the cement truck. The employee lost balance and grabbed the chute. The second chute then came down and pinched his fingers between the two chutes resulting in amputation of the left index and middle fingertips.

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