# Amputations at Wiregrass Gin Company, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `20171111324` · 11/28/2017 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiregrass Gin Company, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 905 West Cook Rd, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36301
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching the control panel of a cotton gin when the lint cleaner became jammed. He turned the gin off and was attempting to remove the jam when his left hand was caught in the still turning saw blades, resulting in amputation of three left-hand fingers.

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