Incident date: 2016-04-20
NAICS industry code: 312112

An employee was repairing a storage rack in the warehouse using a drill machine. The employee turned off the drill, and the still-rotating drill bit grabbed his right-hand glove and index finger.  The drill was then activated, amputating his right-hand index finger at the midpoint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high