# Amputations at Southwire Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032333` · 3/18/2021 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire Company LLC
- **Location:** 1445 11th Street, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a spool on a take-up machine. The spool went up instead of down and pinched his left index finger against a knob. He suffered an amputation at the first joint.

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