Incident date: 2025-04-17
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was changing out a reaming bit on a cordless magnetic drill. When installing a bit extension, the drill power switch contacted the working surface and the drill subsequently became energized. The employee's cut-resistant glove became tangled in the drill bit and it contacted his right thumb, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high