Incident date: 2023-12-12
NAICS industry code: 311412

On December 12, 2023, at approximately 3:00 a.m., an employee was unplugging a drain with a powered snake tool when his left hand was caught in the snake cable. The cable pinched his left ring finger, resulting in a fracture and partial fingertip amputation.

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