# Amputations at Planters Gin Company
> OSHA SIR `2018099859` · 9/24/2018 · NEWELLTON, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Planters Gin Company
- **Location:** 2894 Hwy 65 N, NEWELLTON, LOUISIANA, 71357
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee unchoke a lint cleaner and amputated two left-hand fingers.

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