Incident date: 2024-05-06
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was using a drill press to drill holes into an angle iron. After drilling the hole, his right glove got caught in the spinning drill bit. He sustained a laceration to his index finger and an amputation to the tip of his thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stationary drills, milling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high