# Amputations at Enviva Pellets Cottondale, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015097097` · 9/27/2015 · COTTONDALE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Enviva Pellets Cottondale, LLC
- **Location:** 2500 Green Circle Parkway, COTTONDALE, FLORIDA, 32431
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning wood fiber debris from an airlock when his finger got caught between the metal tip of the vane and the airlock, amputating his left middle finger above the bone. The airlock was not turned off at the time of the incident.

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