# Amputations at Oklahoma Steel and Wire
> OSHA SIR `2018065340` · 6/1/2018 · MADILL, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Oklahoma Steel and Wire
- **Location:** 799 Highway 70 S, MADILL, OKLAHOMA, 73446
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cold starting a wire draw machine when his left middle finger was pinched between the dead block and wire, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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