# Crushing injuries at Southwire
> OSHA SIR `2019010802` · 1/23/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire
- **Location:** 7811 Hoover, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79912
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a production line, removing a piece of a cable from a spooler. His hand was smashed between the machine and the wire spool. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*