# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Amite BioEnergy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054605` · 5/25/2024 · GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Amite BioEnergy, LLC
- **Location:** 1763 S Georgia Pacific Rd, GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39638
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of material from a machine after a malfunction when the air lock amputated their right middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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