Incident date: 2022-06-15
NAICS industry code: 485112

An employee was using a drill press to widen the holes in a copper terminal cable end. The drill bit caught in the terminal metal and caught the employee's glove. The employee's hand made contact with the spinning dill bit resulting in a finger laceration that required medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high