Incident date: 2017-05-01
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was reaching through a 4-inch hole to drill a pilot hole into an electrical panel when his left finger touched the trigger on the drill and turned it on. The drill then lacerated the top of his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate