Incident date: 2019-01-30
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was operating a hand held electric core drill to create a 2.5 inch hole through concrete to install refrigerant piping when the drill became bound in the concrete. It started to rotate, then threw him off the drill. The employee sustained a dislocated hip and was admitted to the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate