# Amputations at King Mesa, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010303` · 1/10/2018 · LAMESA, 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:** King Mesa, Inc.
- **Location:** 415 W. Hwy 180, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to wipe lint out of a lint cleaner when his right index fingertip was amputated. The lint cleaner had not completely cycled through at the time of the incident.

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