# Amputations at General Cable Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021572` · 2/21/2021 · SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Cable Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 9975 US Highway 80 East, SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing aluminum stuck in a cable stripping machine that had just been turned off. A still spinning blade in the machine pulled in the aluminum and the employee's right index finger. The fingertip was amputated, with the loss of the nail bed.

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