Incident date: 2024-12-27
NAICS industry code: 236210

A crew was working to untangle a spool of 1/2-inch wire cable. One employee's left thumb became entangled in the cable, causing an amputation/avulsion. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high