Incident date: 2019-01-23
NAICS industry code: 237110

Employees were using a cable grip device to remove the end cap of a water main. An employee's left hand became entangled in the device's metal cable; the tip of his ring finger was amputated and his middle finger was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high