Incident date: 2022-08-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was drilling a hole in a trailer wall to mount a camera. He stopped midway to replace the drill bit with an extension. The drill then activated as he was tightening the chuck with his left hand. It amputated his left little finger and dislocated the ring and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high