# Amputations at PIKE ELECTRIC
> OSHA SIR `20191010853` · 10/17/2019 · GRANGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** PIKE ELECTRIC
- **Location:** 3234 FM 448, GRANGER, TEXAS, 76530
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling control cable from a control house to a manhole. A pull rope was pulling the cable through the manhole; the employee's right ring finger was pinched under the rope on the spool, and the tip of his finger was amputated at the first joint behind the nail.

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