Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143319.015 - Employee receives thumb amputation from portable drill

Accident Summary Nr: 143319.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570772.015	01/03/2022		236210	Fagen, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee drilled one half inch holes in an extractor conveyer using a portable drill (DeWalt DWE 1622 mag drill with a 9/16-inch by 2-inch DOC 12,000 series cutter drill bit). The employee wore gloves while operating the drill and at some point, the employee's left hand became entangled in the drill bit. The employee was hospitalized to treat the amputation injury received.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Drill, Drill Bit, Entangled, Glove, Operating, Portable Power Tool, Thumb

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1570772.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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