# Amputations involving bone loss at Longview Cable TV Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032614` · 3/23/2024 · KILGORE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in non-running object
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Trucks  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Longview Cable TV Inc.
- **Location:** 3901 Peavine Rd. Kilgore TX, KILGORE, TEXAS, 75662
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a telecommunications cable across a road. A truck, driving toward him, hit the line. This caused it to tighten around his left thumb and amputated it. He was hospitalized.

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