Incident date: 2022-05-09
NAICS industry code: 334419

An employee was handling a 1/32 drill bit sleeve. He pressed the sleeve cover closed and the drill bit hung on the lip inside. This caused the drill bit to puncture the case and his right thumb. At that point the drill bit broke off and a piece remained inside his thumb.

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