# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Republic Wire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076338` · 7/1/2025 · WEST CHESTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Wire, Inc.
- **Location:** 5525 Union Centre Drive, WEST CHESTER, OHIO, 45069
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 1, 2025, an employee was using a wire pointer to prepare the end of a copper wire that will be fed through a set of dies on a machine. His right index finger was caught between the incoming copper wire and the capstan that rotates and pulls the wire. The employee was hospitalized and required the medical amputation of his right index fingertip.

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