# Amputations at Silvercot Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191212470` · 12/4/2019 · SILVERTON, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Silvercot Inc
- **Location:** 9595 FM 145, SILVERTON, TEXAS, 79257
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unchoking a gin when the employee's hand was caught in the machine, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.

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