Incident date: 2021-10-19
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was changing a drill bit when the trigger of the electric drill was activated causing the bit to strike a finger on his left hand. The finger was broken in multiple places and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate