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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020043902 · 4/28/2020 · Encore Wire

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Encore Wire
Location
1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
NAICS
331420
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was starting up a reel on a wire packaging machine when a loop in the wire wrapped around his pinky finger. As the reel was turning to wrap around the drum, the loop tightened around his pinky finger and lacerated it, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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