# Amputations at US Cotton
> OSHA SIR `2015119031` · 11/30/2015 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Cotton
- **Location:** 15501 Industrial Pkwy., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 325620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was clearing a jam on a cotton swab machine and sustained a fingertip amputation to the left hand.

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