Incident date: 2020-04-06
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was using a grinder with a cutoff wheel to cut pipe. The wheel broke apart and struck the employee in the left forearm, pieces of it became embedding in the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate