Incident date: 2024-05-15
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was drilling into concrete using a battery-operated rotary hammer drill when his glove became stuck in the drill bit and it pulled his left little finger in. He sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high