# Amputations at Pilgrims
> OSHA SIR `2019044252` · 4/26/2019 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims
- **Location:** 2500 E. Lake Shore Drive, WACO, TEXAS, 76705
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a drain with a mechanical plumbers snake when his right hand was entangled in the hose resulting in the amputation of the right thumb tip.

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