Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 811122

An employee was cutting the rear quarter panel window on an SUV in a parking lot utilizing a non-powered glass cutter and a powered drill. The employee's finger was between the slack line and the window when the line tightened, causing the amputation of their right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high