# Amputations at Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191212618` · 12/8/2019 · PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC
- **Location:** 1380 W. US Highway 70, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 79072
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to place a bale in a cotton bale press when his right hand was caught in the press, resulting in amputations of the right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. The press was guarded at the time of the incident.

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