# Amputations at Lignotech Florida, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098467` · 9/5/2020 · FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lignotech Florida, LLC
- **Location:** 6 Gum Street, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32034
- **NAICS:** 325194
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At around 2:00 AM, an employee was troubleshooting low suction on a housekeeping vacuum system. The employee was clearing a blockage when a rotary valve in the chute under the dust silo hopper closed and amputated his right index fingertip.

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