Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was using a grinding machine with a guard attached to grind on a bevel and prepare it for a welding seam. He was holding his tool with both hands when the grinding machine became stuck, kicked back, and cut the top of his left hand.

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: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate