# Amputations at Bekaert Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022021822` · 2/26/2022 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Bekaert Corporation
- **Location:** 301 Darlington Drive, ROME, GEORGIA, 30161
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 7:50 a.m. on February 26, 2022, a dry draw operator was using a welder to cut a piece of wire rod. A pneumatic cutter, part of the welding machine, activated and amputated the employee's right index fingertip just below the nailbed.

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