Incident date: 2024-04-17
NAICS industry code: 541310

An employee was operating a pedestal-mounted core drill to obtain core samples. The employee had reached the bottom of the concrete pavement while operating the drill and the drill bit stopped spinning. After reengaging the drilling process, the injured employee raised the drill bit halfway out of the concrete pavement and fell off the pedestal plate, hitting his head on the concrete pavement. The employee sustained a head injury including loss of consciousness, bleeding, bruising, and facial fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate