# Amputations involving bone loss at Priority Wire & Cable
> OSHA SIR `2025010434` · 1/14/2025 · BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Priority Wire & Cable
- **Location:** 2994 Samuel Drive, BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 19020
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring cable from one reel to another when the cable contacted his left thumb, resulting in the amputation of the thumb.

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