Incident date: 2016-05-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee attempted to drive in a sheet-metal screw with a Phillips-head bit attachment on a power hand drill. The drill slipped and punctured the middle finger on his right hand. His hand then became infected and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate