Incident date: 2024-06-19
NAICS industry code: 336992

An employee in the welding training booth was working to back gouge a weld on a 5mm plate. While grinding, the gouger high-centered and walked over the plate striking and severely lacerating the employee's left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate