# Amputations at Southwire
> OSHA SIR `2015107392` · 10/5/2015 · CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire
- **Location:** 111 Development Drive, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was weighing off ingredients that went into the plastic homogenization for electrical wire jacket/insulation manufacturing. While he was attempting to remove excess material, a roll mill caught and partially amputated his right index finger.

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