# Amputations at Rotan Gin Company
> OSHA SIR `2016010871` · 1/1/2016 · ROTAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rotan Gin Company
- **Location:** 400 S. Cleveland, ROTAN, TEXAS, 79546
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While trying to get a piece of lint out of a lint cleaner, an employee amputated the last digits on the right pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

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