# Amputations at Windstar Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015118512` · 11/11/2015 · EDMONSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstar Inc
- **Location:** 1122 TX-194, EDMONSON, TEXAS, 79032
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jammed cotton saw and was turning it by hand. The saw caught his finger and amputated the tip. The saw was not energized at the time of the incident.

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