# Amputations at Fiber Brite Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2020010524` · 1/17/2020 · WILSON, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Fiber Brite Ltd
- **Location:** 1301 9th Street, WILSON, TEXAS, 79381
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking past a lint cleaner when he slipped. His hand was caught in the lint cleaner, and four of his fingers were amputated.

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