# Amputations involving bone loss at Composite Technologies Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076570` · 7/18/2024 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Composite Technologies Co. LLC
- **Location:** 401 North Keowee Street, DAYTON, OHIO, 45404
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on a material feeder/auger when the machine energized and amputated their right arm below the elbow. 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*