Incident date: 2020-05-08
NAICS industry code: 321114

An employee was drilling a hole on a pole during an inspection. When the employee pulled the drill out of the hole, the bit came off the drill and struck the employee on the face, resulting in a fractured jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Drill bits-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate