# Amputations involving bone loss at Southwestern Wire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010262` · 1/10/2024 · NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Wire, Inc.
- **Location:** 3505 N INTERSTATE 35, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, 73069
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the tension of a belt and pulley on a drawing machine when their left hand was pulled into the machine and their fingers were caught in the belt. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated to the first joint, their ring finger was amputated to the nail bed, and their little finger was fractured.

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