Incident date: 2017-12-08
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was drilling weep holes in a window sash and drilled through the material and into his glove. The glove became entangled and torqued his thumb resulting in a complex fracture of the left thumb. A fingertip amputation was also noted.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high