# Amputations at Encore Wire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017043449` · 4/17/2017 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Wire Corporation
- **Location:** 1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing grass from the discharge chute of a lawnmower and amputated his right thumb, index and middle fingers.

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