# Amputations at Tri-County Gin
> OSHA SIR `20201110671` · 11/11/2020 · CHATTANOOGA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri-County Gin
- **Location:** 24134 CR EW 181, CHATTANOOGA, OKLAHOMA, 73528
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a cotton ginning plant when the machine caught his work glove and pulled his left hand into the machine. Four fingers on the employee's left hand were amputated at the second joint.

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