# Amputations at COMMONWEALTH EDISON
> OSHA SIR `2016042890` · 4/6/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** COMMONWEALTH EDISON
- **Location:** 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60625
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was winding in steel cable using a reel. The steel cable came off the drum and the employee placed it back with his right hand. The steel cable pinched and amputated his right index fingertip between the steel cable and the reel drum.

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