Incident date: 2016-12-02
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was drilling bolt holes to fit the scrape blade on a snow plow. As the employee attempted to clear a metal shaving out from behind the bit, the employee's sleeve was caught and was pulled into the drill chuck, suffering a broken forearm. The drill chuck was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate