Incident date: 2015-07-08
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was using a grinder when a piece of the grinding wheel broke off and struck him in the leg, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate