# Amputations involving bone loss at Champlain Cable Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024098278` · 9/6/2024 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Champlain Cable Corporation
- **Location:** 9560 Plaza Circle, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79927
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been securing a reel onto a "dog pin" at the payoff machine. They were troubleshooting when their left middle finger became caught between the "dog pin" and the reel as the reel moved and was amputated.

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