# Amputations at G T Cotton
> OSHA SIR `2016088187` · 8/11/2016 · CARDWELL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** G T Cotton
- **Location:** 216 Bertig St., CARDWELL, MISSOURI, 63829
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on the cotton gin when a piece of the equipment shifted and amputated the left index fingertip.

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