# Amputations at Prysmian General Cable
> OSHA SIR `2019088691` · 8/22/2019 · SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Prysmian General Cable
- **Location:** 9975 US HWY 80 E, SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling and assembling extruding equipment when his fingertip entered the side port of a head body while inserting the flow divider. This resulted in a left index fingertip amputation.

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