Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 444130

An employee was demonstrating how to use a drain cleaner measuring 5/8 inches by 100 feet when her glove got caught in the equipment, pulling her right hand and twisting it. The employee suffered a laceration to her middle finger, including tendon damage, that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Plumbing augers, snakes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate