# Amputations involving bone loss at Southwestern Wire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087671` · 8/20/2024 · NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Wire, Inc.
- **Location:** 3505 North IH-35, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, 73069
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Wire began to spool at the top of a draw machine. The injured employee used pliers to move the wire to the bottom of the draw machine. The pliers became caught in the wire and then the employee's glove was caught in the wire, resulting in the amputation of their right index finger at the first knuckle.

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