Incident date: 2023-07-21
NAICS industry code: 321114

An employee was pre-drilling holes in ties on which to set plates and spikes. As the employee pulled the hand drill from a guide hole, the drill caught his pant leg. The drill then went into the right side of his left foot, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate