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OSHA Injury Report: Encore Wire

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Encore Wire in McKinney, TX 75069 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in aircraft and automotive wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants.

Establishment
Encore Wire
Parent company
Encore Wire Corporation
Street
1329 Millwood Rd.
City
McKinney
State
TX
ZIP
75069
On-site location
Plant 6 Insulation Line 5 Windak East takeup
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2
Days restricted or transferred
39

The employee was operating Windak 5 in Plant 6 running a 72 reel of red 500 KCMIL AL wire While feeding the wire into the reel the employee noticed a bad lay and attempted to correct it After stopping the machine with the light curtain the employee created slack in the wire held it down with the right hand and reached for the control panel to jog the reel During this action the employees right pinky finger was pinched between the wires causing skin to be pulled off when they withdrew their hand

The employee was operating Windak 5 in Plant 6 running a 72 reel of red 500 KCMIL AL wire While feeding the wire into the reel the employee noticed a bad lay and attempted to correct it After stopping the machine with the light curtain the employee created slack in the wire held it down with the right hand and reached for the control panel to jog the reel During this action the employees right pinky finger was pinched between the wires causing skin to be pulled off when they withdrew their hand

Crushing injury Finger Right Little Finger

PinchCrushed between insulation wire

Crushing injury Finger Right Little Finger PinchCrushed between insulation wire Caught in under on between

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331420 — Aircraft and automotive wire or cable made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1645
Total hours worked
4019615
EIN
752274963
Establishment ID
1148285
Employer case #
1759
Date of incident
Shift started
20:00
Time of incident
3:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:17:07:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.