Incident date: 2024-08-19
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was drilling holes with a hammer drill, vacuum bit, and vacuum. He was starting a new hole and grabbed the bit with his left hand between the vacuum attachment and the drill chuck. The drill continued to spin, catching his glove/little finger and wrapping it up, resulting in the amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate