# Amputations at Neptune Technology Group, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20231110269` · 11/7/2023 · TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Neptune Technology Group, Inc
- **Location:** 1600 Alabama Hwy 229, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA, 36078
- **NAICS:** 334514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the injection molding cannister vacuum receiver when the pneumatic cylinder actuated. The employee's finger was caught between the cylinder and the wall of the receiver, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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