Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, 750 W. Berkley Ave., NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23523
on , Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a magnetic-mounted drill to drill one-inch holes in a stainless steel I-beam. As the employee was using a fox-tail style brush to sweep metal shavings off the I-beam his right middle finger was caught in the rotating drill bit. His right middle finger was degloved and two other fingers were fractured. He also sustained a fractured wrist. The employee was hospitalized.