# Amputations at Smith Gin COOP
> OSHA SIR `20181212538` · 12/6/2018 · ODEM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Gin COOP
- **Location:** 6057 CR 2015, ODEM, TEXAS, 78370
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unchoke a machine when their left middle finger was caught in a chain resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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