# Amputations at Gavilon Grain
> OSHA SIR `2015108067` · 10/28/2015 · SAGINAW, TEXAS
## 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:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gavilon Grain
- **Location:** 425 S. Fairmount St., SAGINAW, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 111199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was inspecting the grain sampler on the #3 leg that was not working properly.  The employee disconnected the air supply on the sampler. He then turned the sampler to dislodge the material. The sampler moved and amputated his right middle finger.

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