Incident date: 2023-03-18
NAICS industry code: 332431

An employee was using a deburring grinder to debur a piece of angle iron in preparation for welding. The employee's right hand contacted the wheel, which broke and lacerated the employee's index finger and also broke their ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate