# Amputations at General Cable Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020088155` · 8/27/2020 · LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Cable Corporation
- **Location:** 3 Carol Dr, LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND, 02865
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a machine and feeding marking thread through the die to prepare for startup. The employee's right middle fingertip was crushed, resulting in a partial amputation.

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