# Amputations at United Copper Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107946` · 10/23/2015 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Copper Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 2727 Geesling Rd, DENTON, TEXAS, 76208
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was untangling a cable from a pulley and caught his fingers between the cable and pulley resulting in the amputation of two fingertips.

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