Incident date: 2018-10-08
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was using air skates to move an industrial drill, weighing about 20,000 pounds. The drill tipped over and crushed the employee's thumb against a wedge mounting block. The thumb was surgically amputated up to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Drills-stationary
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high