Incident date: 2023-09-26
NAICS industry code: 531390

An employee was unclogging a sewer line when his glove became tangled in the machine, resulting in a left thumb amputation. The thumb was reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high