Incident date: 2024-10-20
NAICS industry code: 531110

An employee was using a rooter to clear a blockage in a kitchen sink. As he was working the rooter into the drain, his glove was caught in the machine. He suffered a degloving to the skin of the right little finger, as well as an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Plumbing augers, snakes
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high