# Amputations at Rexel USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032007` · 3/3/2023 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Rexel USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1390 Columbia Highway, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36301
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wrapping product with 5,000 pounds of wire reeling while the product was on a racking system approximately 10 feet above the ground. The wire reeling fell off the racks and onto the employee's right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

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