# Amputations at Neshoba County Gin Association
> OSHA SIR `20181212350` · 12/1/2018 · PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Neshoba County Gin Association
- **Location:** 264 N. Railroad Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, 39350
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an auger at a gin and was pulled into the auger when it was activated. The employee sustained damage to both legs including an amputation injury to the left leg.

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