Incident date: 2017-10-18
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating an air-powered straight style grinder to polish welds when the disc of the handheld grinder broke apart and went through his face mask, fracturing his jaw. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate