# Amputations at Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109909` · 10/26/2023 · SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC
- **Location:** 54 Jacket Line 9975 HWY 80East, SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS, 75688
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking cable wires and went to place a cable back on the belt. When the employee pulled the cable, his right thumb got caught between the cable and the belt, resulting in an amputation to the distal phalanx. A guard was in place on the capstan door at the time.

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