Incident date: 2023-02-02
NAICS industry code: 921190

A sewer snake machine was binding. An employee was trying to release the binding pressure when the machine released with force and struck his right hand, severing his little finger just below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high