# Amputations at Wingate Gin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016010509` · 1/19/2016 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wingate Gin Corporation
- **Location:** 301 E. Leather Wood Rd, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While pulling on some belts to unchoke the lint cleaner, an employee got his ring finger caught in the belts resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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