# Amputations at Eastern Wire Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010089` · 1/5/2016 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Eastern Wire Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 5301 W 5TH STREET, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the wire-forming machine when the wire got hung up on the end of the machine. The employee pushed the wire to the machine's form, which amputated his right index fingertip.

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