# Amputations at Encore Wire
> OSHA SIR `2019077181` · 7/16/2019 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Wire
- **Location:** 1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running the hand coiler when his thumb made contact with a turning flange on the reel and his left thumb tip was amputated.

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