# Amputations at Goetz & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010167` · 1/6/2017 · RAYVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Goetz & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 114 H R Gin Road, RAYVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71269
- **NAICS:** 424590
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cotton bale press and was attempting to hit the stop button when his arm hit the ram-down button, causing the ram to come down and crush his right hand. His hand was amputated.

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