# Amputations at Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010996` · 10/24/2018 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 10551 Rocket Court Road, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was attempting to remove clogged sand from an air blower hole that was approximately 2 inches in diameter when the blower's auger amputated the employee's right index fingertip.

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