# Amputations at GENERAL CABLE
> OSHA SIR `2017031977` · 3/2/2017 · SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL CABLE
- **Location:** 9975 US HWY. 80 E., SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to weld a piece of cable from the east side cable to the west side cable. The west side was already clamped off and the employee was putting the east side into the clamp on the cable welder. As he was lowering the guard, the clamp guard actuated catching his right middle finger in the clamp and amputating the fingertip.

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