# Amputations at SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO., DIV OF ADM
> OSHA SIR `2019099886` · 9/20/2019 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO., DIV OF ADM
- **Location:** 2300 E 50TH, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 311223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the drive unit on a lint beater. The machine was reactivated and its belt caught the employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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