# Amputations at MOORE COUNTY GIN, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018021313` · 2/7/2018 · DUMAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** MOORE COUNTY GIN, LP
- **Location:** 1180 US 287, County Road E, DUMAS, TEXAS, 79029
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee reached in behind the gin press to remove a knot that was causing the press to choke up and amputated the right forearm.

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