Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Encore Wire Corporation, 1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75069
on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was loading an empty reel on the west reel take-up when they noticed that the wire lying on the east reel take-up had over-accumulated on one side of the reel, making it uneven. The employee stopped the east take-up machine and released tension on the wire to correct the lay. As the employee engaged a mechanical rotation function to take up the wire slack, their right little finger was crushed between two separate wire strands on the reel under tension, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Winders, unwinders