Incident date: 2025-08-12
NAICS industry code: 238210

Employees were drilling a hole through a brick-and-mortar fa ade so that conduit could be run into the building. A hammer drill began to wobble as it was used to bore the hole. An employee went to steady the drill and the drill bit caught and twisted their glove, causing an amputation to their right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high