# Amputations at Norfolk Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191112343` · 11/30/2019 · LAKE CORMORANT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk Corporation
- **Location:** 5951 Old Highway 61, LAKE CORMORANT, MISSISSIPPI, 38641
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear material that was on fire inside a lint cleaning machine. The employee turned off the power and reached in to remove the burning material. The blade cleaning drum was still rotating and contacted the employee's hand. As a result, the employee sustained a thumb amputation and fingertip amputations to the middle and ring fingers.

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