Incident date: 2019-12-30
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was using a 24-volt battery-powered drill to drill into a plastic vault used for telecommunication equipment when the glove on his left hand was snagged by the rotating drill bit. As a result, he suffered a partial amputation to the ring finger on his left hand with a small amount of bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high