Incident date: 2024-10-28
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was using an automatic sewer snake machine when their thumb was caught in the machine's cable, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Plumbing augers, snakes
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high