# Amputations at Rosendin Electric
> OSHA SIR `2016032232` · 3/14/2016 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Rosendin Electric
- **Location:** 4500 Like Way, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76117
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to place a mandrel into a wire reel. The mandrel shot through the hole and pinched the employee's middle finger between the wall and mandrel. The employee's finger was amputated above the first knuckle.

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