# Amputations at Encore Wire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015129196` · 12/5/2015 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Wire Corporation
- **Location:** 1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rigid cable machine when his left hand got caught between a wire and a capstan sheave. While attempting to free his hand, he amputated his left middle and ring fingertips.

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