Incident date: 2016-03-18
NAICS industry code: 311999

On 3/18/2016, two employees were changing a 1-3/4 inch screw for a mill support. While the first employee manually adjusted the nut on the screw, the second employee proceeded to adjust the screw with a pneumatic drill, injuring the first employee by crushing his right hand thumb between the nut and the mill support surface.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate