# Amputations at Tunica Gin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015118325` · 11/5/2015 · TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tunica Gin Corporation
- **Location:** 1050 Tunica Gin Road, TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI, 38676
- **NAICS:** 111199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a jam on the lint cleaner machine. The machine was turned off, but the blades were still turning when the employee's hand got caught in the machine amputating the tip of the ring finger.

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