# Amputations at Helix Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032580` · 3/21/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Helix Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 680 Water Street, SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20024
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding wire into a wire-pulling unit when the employee's fingertip entered a pinch point on the machine and was partially amputated.

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