Incident date: 2017-08-09
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was adjusting a cable roller used to pull a nylon rope through a conduit when the nylon rope lost tension and came loose, striking and amputating the employee's right thumb to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high