# Amputations at Owl Wire & Cable LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054372` · 5/5/2018 · CANASTOTA, NEW YORK
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Owl Wire & Cable LLC
- **Location:** 3127 Seneca Turnpike, CANASTOTA, NEW YORK, 13032
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding wire into a spooling machine when a loop in the wire caught and amputated his left thumb.

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