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Amputations

1 amputation · 20201010273 · 10/29/2020 · General Cable Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name
General Cable Industries, Inc.
Location
9975 US Highway 80 East, SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
NAICS
339999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was starting a new take-up reel on a cable line. The second wrap of cable overlapped the first (starting) wrap. The employee used a rubber mallet to move the first wrap toward the flange. When the first wrap moved, the second wrap came down and pinned his left thumb against the reel drum. He suffered an amputation to the thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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