# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2024087397` · 8/12/2024 · TALOGA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Chains
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** 1/4 ml west of E0670 Rd and CR N2280, TALOGA, OKLAHOMA, 73667
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to install power distribution lines when his left thumb got caught in a chain. His thumb was partially amputated.

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