Incident date: 2022-12-01
NAICS industry code: 336211

An employee was drilling into a rail with a drill press. The employee was clearing some aluminum shavings when the drill bit contacted his left thumb and index finger, resulting in a laceration to the thumb that required surgery, as well as a laceration to the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate