Incident date: 2018-09-24
NAICS industry code: 424410

On September 24, 2018, an employee was using an electric sewer cleaning machine to unblock a drain. The coil spring got stuck and caught his left ring finger, amputating the tip.

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