# Amputations at Hitachi Cable America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054327` · 5/27/2021 · ASHAWAY, RHODE ISLAND
## 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:** Hitachi Cable America, Inc.
- **Location:** 15 Gray Lane, ASHAWAY, RHODE ISLAND, 02804
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a spool to take up cable from an extrusion process. Tubing got caught on the collet and spindle of the winder. The employee was going to use scissors to cut the tubing off the winding reel. Before being able to cut, the tubing tightened on the rotating spindle shaft, amputating the employee's left index and middle fingers at the first joint.

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