Incident date: 2017-07-17
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was helping a coworker drill pilot holes through a wooden block. The coworker was operating the drill while the employee checked the hole alignment when the drill bit cut through the block and contacted the employee s right index finger, amputating it to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high