# Amputations at Sandy Ridge Cotton Company
> OSHA SIR `20221110405` · 11/29/2022 · MALDEN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sandy Ridge Cotton Company
- **Location:** 22355 County Road 102, MALDEN, MISSOURI, 63863
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing plastic from a cotton module when they were struck by the flipper bar and knocked down. The flipper bar continued to come down and crushed the employee's lower leg, resulting in an amputation.

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