Incident date: 2025-07-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

At about 3:40 p.m. on July 9, 2025, an electrician was instructing an apprentice when a cordless hammer drill was knocked from an 8-foot ladder. The drill bit (a 3/16", 6-inch-long masonry bit) punctured the employee's throat. The incident took place during a training activity.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate