# Amputations at SUPERIOR ESSEX
> OSHA SIR `2020042965` · 4/1/2020 · BROWNWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SUPERIOR ESSEX
- **Location:** 2900 MORRIS SHEPPARD DR., BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, 76801
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to load a reel in a machine. While he was lining up the reel with the pintle and operating the controls with his left hand, the reel shifted and smashed his right-hand fingers between the reel and the pintle. His right index fingertip was amputated as a result.

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