Incident date: 2020-10-07
NAICS industry code: 115111

On October 7, 2020, an employee was working at the gin stand, monitoring the gin process. The employee was trying to dislodge a wad of cotton when the gin amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingers, as well as an injury to the index finger that necessitated a medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high