# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Cerro Wire, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032629` · 3/24/2024 · HARTSELLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Cerro Wire, LLC
- **Location:** 1099 Thompson Rd, SE, HARTSELLE, ALABAMA, 35640
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wire welder when the air actuated welder wire holding arm closed and pinched his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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