Incident date: 2022-11-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee and a co-worker were drilling holes in a concrete abutment to add reinforced steel. The employee set the drill in position and informed the co-worker to start the drill when the employee's right glove was caught in the drill bit, resulting in a thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high