# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at ALAN WIRE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024053836` · 5/2/2024 · SIKESTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ALAN WIRE COMPANY
- **Location:** 1500 W Malone, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a dropped wrench with his hand on a reel to brace himself. The cradle rocked, causing the wire bunching machine to lacerate his left little finger. This resulted in an amputation to the finger.

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