# Amputations at Southern Gunite Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018033000` · 3/28/2018 · WEST PALM BEACH, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Gunite Inc
- **Location:** 5401 S Olive St, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33405
- **NAICS:** 23611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cement/sand mixer when the machine amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was on at the time.

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