# Amputations at King Mesa Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118210` · 11/2/2015 · LAMESA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** King Mesa Inc.
- **Location:** 415 W. Hwy. 180, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a lint cleaner saw. The employee's sleeve got caught in the saw resulting in the amputation of the left middle finger.

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