# Amputations at Service Wire Company Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2018032898` · 3/26/2018 · CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Service Wire Company Manufacturing
- **Location:** 310 Davis Road, CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25510
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 26, 2018, at approximately 11:35 a.m., an employee was moving wire through the rollers of a strander machine when the employee's glove was caught between the wire and roller. The employee's right ring finger was then pulled into the in-running nip point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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