# Crushing injuries at Texas Producers Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `20191111792` · 11/12/2019 · AMHERST, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Producers Cooperative
- **Location:** 301 Bulldog Dr., AMHERST, TEXAS, 79312
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing the operation of a lint cleaner when he attempted to move the cotton and his right hand was caught between the rollers. His hand was crushed and sustained a possible fracture.

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