ALAN WIRE COMPANY
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — SIKESTON, MISSOURI
| Employer | ALAN WIRE COMPANY | Report ID | 2025065782 |
| Address | 1500 West Malone Avenue | City, State ZIP | SIKESTON, MISSOURI 63801 |
| Event Date | June 17, 2025 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 331420 | Inspection # | 1834180 |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.86000, -89.63000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee had been operating a copper wire repack machine. She turned the machine off and was fixing a stuck cylinder in it when the door that had been covering the cylinder closed on her fingers. Her left ring and middle fingertips were amputated by an air-operated plastic cutter inside the machine.
Incident Summary
On June 17, 2025, a worker at ALAN WIRE COMPANY in SIKESTON, MISSOURI suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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