# Amputations at Southwest Wire
> OSHA SIR `2015118206` · 11/2/2015 · NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Wire
- **Location:** 3505 N I-35, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, 73069
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a weaving machine to view a counter. The employee slipped and fell. As the employee fell, the employee's right hand contacted an unguarded chain and sprocket.  The employee's right pinky finger was severely lacerated and amputated at the hospital.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*