Incident date: 2016-07-14
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was operating a cutoff wheel on a grinder when the wheel separated and struck the employee on the left arm and severed a vein.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate