Incident date: 2015-10-02
NAICS industry code: 531110

A maintenance employee was unclogging a sewer line when the auger cable twisted and wrapped around his left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high