Incident date: 2024-11-18
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was operating a handheld power core drill to penetrate a vertical wall when the rotating drill grabbed his gloved left hand. The employee sustained an amputation of the little finger.

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