Incident date: 2016-04-07
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was operating a right angle grinder cutting a door jamb when the frame pinched the grinding wheel causing it to kick back and strike the employee in the left bicep.  The employee required surgery to repair the injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate