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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025065782 · 6/17/2025 · ALAN WIRE COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
ALAN WIRE COMPANY
Location
1500 West Malone Avenue, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
NAICS
331420
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had been operating a copper wire repack machine. She turned the machine off and was fixing a stuck cylinder in it when the door that had been covering the cylinder closed on her fingers. Her left ring and middle fingertips were amputated by an air-operated plastic cutter inside the machine.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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