Incident date: 2019-01-19
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was sharpening a chalk stone using a 7-inch hand held grinder. The employee was struck by the grinder and sustained a laceration to the right wrist requiring hospitalization.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate