Incident date: 2019-04-26
NAICS industry code: 311615

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.

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