Incident date: 2020-07-01
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was cutting a weld out of a roof panel when the cutting wheel became pinched between two sections of metal. The grinder spun and kicked back toward the employee, its disk striking her in the face. She suffered a laceration across the nose and on both cheeks.

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: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate