# Amputations at General Cable
> OSHA SIR `20191010758` · 10/15/2019 · DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** General Cable
- **Location:** 1453 S Washington St, DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS, 62832
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving reels in a machine. The employee unloaded a full reel from the machine and was rotating an empty reel to be loaded.  The employee's left hand was caught between the full reel and the empty one, causing the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips.

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