# Amputations at Southwestern Electric Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2017098518` · 9/5/2017 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Electric Power Company
- **Location:** 4421 W. Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the rope on a winch line when his left thumb was caught between the anchor on the drum and the frame, amputating the thumb tip.

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