Incident date: 2024-10-31
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee had just finished unloading a train car and was using a drill to operate a winch attached to the cables that secure the load while in transit. Their right glove was caught by the drill bit and the employee sustained amputations of their little finger at the second knuckle and their ring finger just below the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high