# Amputations at Amite BioEnergy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098993` · 9/28/2023 · GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amite BioEnergy, LLC
- **Location:** 1763 Georgia Pacific Rd #2, GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39638
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping other employees remove a die cast when the die shifted. The injured employee went to catch it when the crane operator lowered the die onto the pallet and caught the employee's hand. They sustained an amputation of the little fingertip.

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