Incident date: 2019-09-17
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was grinding/cutting off an old steel column for an overhead canopy using a 4.5" angle grinder with a cut-off disc when the grinder slipped and severely lacerated the employee's left arm.

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: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate