Incident date: 2024-04-19
NAICS industry code: 238390

On April 19, 2024, an employee was drilling a hole in a metal plate. He grabbed a rag and brush to remove metal shavings from the surface area around the drill when the rag got caught inside the drill bit, pulling his right hand toward the machine. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation of his right index finger that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high