# Amputations at International Wire Group
> OSHA SIR `2017054508` · 5/17/2017 · ROME, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** International Wire Group
- **Location:** IWG Rome Operations, ROME, NEW YORK, 13442
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a reel of wire when her left ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the reel she was moving and a stationary reel.

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