# Amputations at Moreman Community Gin Association
> OSHA SIR `2020088161` · 8/27/2020 · PORT LAVACA, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Moreman Community Gin Association
- **Location:** 10254 State Hwy 35 South, PORT LAVACA, TEXAS, 77979
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a small piece of burning cotton from a cotton gin machine. The machine's saw amputated his finger.

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