# Amputations at Blanco Gin
> OSHA SIR `2016109849` · 10/19/2016 · FLOYDADA, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Blanco Gin
- **Location:** 141 CO RD 211, FLOYDADA, TEXAS, 79235
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unchocking a piece of equipment when his right hand was caught by the machine belt amputating the fourth finger at the first knuckle.

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