# Amputations at Freshmark
> OSHA SIR `2018099881` · 9/24/2018 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Freshmark
- **Location:** 1600 Harmont Ave., CANTON, OHIO, 44705
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*