# Amputations at Neuworks Mechanical Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118448` · 11/9/2015 · FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Neuworks Mechanical Inc.
- **Location:** 241 Racquette Drive, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 80524
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11-9-2015, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was using an electric plumbing coil snake to clear out a drain when the coils wrapped around his left hand and fingers.  His left index finger had to be surgically amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*