# Amputations at U.S. Cotton, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021097638` · 9/5/2021 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Cotton, LLC
- **Location:** 15501 Industrial Parkway, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 339113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a 3-inch belt that had fallen off a flywheel. When he placed the belt back on the flywheel, the spinning wheel caused his left hand to be pulled into a pinch point. He suffered amputations to the index and middle fingers.

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