Incident date: 2025-02-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using an auger to drill holes for surveying operations when his hand and arm became entangled in the auger. The employee sustained the amputation of his left thumb and his middle finger to the second joint as well as fractures to the hand and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drill apparatus
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: high