# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Proximity Malt, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054768` · 5/30/2024 · LAUREL, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Proximity Malt, LLC
- **Location:** 33222 Bi-State Boulevard, LAUREL, DELAWARE, 19956
- **NAICS:** 311213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During a dust baghouse inspection, a discharge chute plugged up with grain debris. An employee went to remove the debris and his finger got caught in the rotary airlock. The employee sustained a laceration to their right middle finger that resulted in a partial amputation.

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