# Amputations at Wells
> OSHA SIR `2022076644` · 7/28/2022 · VALDERS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Wells
- **Location:** 111 North Jackson Street, VALDERS, WISCONSIN, 54245
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling tangled steel cable. The cable suddenly twisted and the employee's left thumb was entangled in the cable, instantly amputating their index finger to the first knuckle.

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