# Amputations at United Copper Industry, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211286` · 12/2/2016 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Copper Industry, LLC
- **Location:** 2727 Geesling Road, DENTON, TEXAS, 76208
- **NAICS:** 331422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stringing up an accumulator machine when his right middle finger was caught between the wire, amputating his fingertip.

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