Incident date: 2015-11-09
NAICS industry code: 238220

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high