# Amputations at Burgess and Dudley, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109848` · 10/19/2016 · NEWBERRY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Burgess and Dudley, Inc.
- **Location:** 1607 NW 202 Street, NEWBERRY, FLORIDA, 32669
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding wire to a wire stripping machine when he noticed that the wire had a loop in it. He reached to get the loop out and while his left thumb was in the loop the machine tightened the loop resulting in the amputation of the tip of his left thumb.

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