# Amputations at Black Gold Compost Company
> OSHA SIR `20171211928` · 12/15/2017 · OXFORD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Black Gold Compost Company
- **Location:** 11424 County Road 237, OXFORD, FLORIDA, 34484
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning dirt under a conveyor when his right arm was caught between the conveyor belt and the tail pulley of the conveyor. His right arm was torn off just below the shoulder.

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