SEDALIA, MISSOURI—
GENERAL CABLE
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GENERAL CABLE, 20213 Whitfield Road, SEDALIA, MISSOURI 65301 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting bad cable at a take-up reel. The employee's left hand was caught between the cable and the reel, causing the amputation of the tip of the little finger.
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An employee was about to weld a piece of cable from the east side cable to the west side cable. The west side was already clamped off and the employee was putting the east side into the clamp on the cable welder. As he was lowering the guard, the clamp guard actuated catching his right middle finger in the clamp and amputating the fingertip.
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