Incident date: 2020-04-21
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was using a motorized drain auger to unclog a machine. A spinning spiral mechanism (which turned the auger) caught his thick leather glove and cut off the tip of his right ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high