# Amputations at RHE HATCO INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018099882` · 9/24/2018 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## 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:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RHE HATCO INC.
- **Location:** 302 HUNTSMAN WAY, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75603
- **NAICS:** 315991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unclog a blowing machine when its rollers caught his right hand. He suffered injuries resulting in an amputation (of the right finger at the second knuckle) and hospitalization.

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