# Amputations involving bone loss at Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211436` · 12/11/2024 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc.
- **Location:** 2901 Planters Dr, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
- **NAICS:** 311223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cyclone machine and noticed cotton hanging under the machine. As the employee went to remove it, his right thumb contacted moving parts. The employee sustained an amputation of the right distal phalanx of the thumb.

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