Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was cutting a steel plate using a grinder equipped with a cut-off wheel. The cut-off wheel jammed in the material causing the grinder to kick back. The employee dropped the grinder. The employee was hit by the spinning cut-off wheel and sustained a laceration to the right shin area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate