Incident date: 2019-07-22
NAICS industry code: 238110

The injured employee was kneeling beside a core drill in order to put water on it while another employee was drilling a 2" diameter hole into the bonded overlay. The core drill seized up in the concrete, causing the entire drill to spin, striking the kneeling employee on his left side and throwing him into the foundation wall. The employee sustained contusions to his knee and elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate