# Amputations at Statewide Cotton Company
> OSHA SIR `2017099168` · 9/25/2017 · PALACIOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Statewide Cotton Company
- **Location:** 3500 N. 4th St, PALACIOS, TEXAS, 77465
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated a fingertip while cleaning the lint cleaner on a machine. The machine was not in operation at the time.

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