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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020088161 · 8/27/2020 · Moreman Community Gin Association
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Picking, carding, combing machinery
Employer
- Name
- Moreman Community Gin Association
- Location
- 10254 State Hwy 35 South, PORT LAVACA, TEXAS, 77979
- NAICS
- 115111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to remove a small piece of burning cotton from a cotton gin machine. The machine's saw amputated his finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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