# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SUPERIOR ESSEX
> OSHA SIR `2025088588` · 8/28/2025 · BROWNWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** SUPERIOR ESSEX
- **Location:** 2900 MORRIS SHEPPARD DR., BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, 76801
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 5:40 p.m. on August 28, 2025, an employee was traversing cable onto a reel when the line sped up. The cable caught his glove and pulled his left ring finger onto the spool, causing a partial amputation to the finger.

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