# Amputations at Alan Wire Company
> OSHA SIR `20201010275` · 10/29/2020 · SIKESTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Alan Wire Company
- **Location:** 1500 W. Malone Avenue, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extrusion take-up machine and caught his gloved hand between the wire and die resulting in amputation of the left index finger at the first knuckle.

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