# Amputations at Oklahoma Steel and Wire
> OSHA SIR `2018010331` · 1/10/2018 · MADILL, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Oklahoma Steel and Wire
- **Location:** Highway 70 South, MADILL, OKLAHOMA, 73446
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a belt on a wire draw machine when another employee turned the machine on. The employee's hand was then pulled into the machine, and two fingers had to be surgically amputated.

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