Incident date: 2018-12-18
NAICS industry code: 238140

The injured employee was assisting a tie back drill. As the operator moved the drill toward the wall, the injured employee's left leg was caught between the rotating part of the drill and the wall. The injured employee's lower left leg sustained soft tissue swelling requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate