# Amputations at Service Wire Company
> OSHA SIR `20231211508` · 12/19/2023 · CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Service Wire Company
- **Location:** 310 Davis Road, CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25510
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

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