# Amputations at Jupiter Composites, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042923` · 4/7/2016 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jupiter Composites, Inc.
- **Location:** 8821 Grove Drive, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32514
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new auger bag for the CNC machine when his right index finger was partially amputated by the auger blade. The safety tube covering the blades was not in place properly 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*